Female Sign
On Windows, hold Alt and type 12 on the numeric keypad to insert female sign.
- Alt code
- Alt+12
- HTML entity
- ♀
- Unicode
- U+2640
About this symbol
♀ is the old astronomical sign for the planet Venus and the alchemists’ sign for copper. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus first used it for female plants in 1751, and it has meant female in biology ever since. It is often described as a hand mirror.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- FEMALE SIGN
- Also called
- Venus, Alchemical symbol for copper
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Unicode group
- Astrological symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Related
- 👩 Woman U+1F469🚺 Womens Symbol U+1F6BA
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