Orthodox Cross
Orthodox Cross has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ☦
- Unicode
- U+2626
About this symbol
The Orthodox cross has three bars. The short top bar stands for the sign that read “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”, and the slanted bottom bar is a footrest, traditionally tilted to point up to heaven on one side and down on the other.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- ORTHODOX CROSS
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Unicode group
- Religious and political symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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