Male Sign
On Windows, hold Alt and type 11 on the numeric keypad to insert male sign.
- Alt code
- Alt+11
- HTML entity
- ♂
- Unicode
- U+2642
About this symbol
♂ is the old astronomical sign for the planet Mars and the alchemists’ sign for iron. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus first used it for male plants in 1751, and it has meant male in biology ever since. It is often described as a shield and spear.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- MALE SIGN
- Also called
- Mars, Alchemical symbol for iron
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Unicode group
- Astrological symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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