Female Sign symbol
Type :venus: · Marks
Unicode name Female Sign · Miscellaneous Symbols block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ♀ is for
The symbol for Venus, borrowed by Linnaeus in the 1750s to mark female plants and used for female ever since, in biology, medicine and genealogy. The circle with a cross beneath it is usually described as a hand mirror, though that reading came long after the symbol did.
How to type ♀
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:venus: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 2640 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 2640 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:venus: :female_sign: On the web
HTML ♀
Unicode U+2640
JavaScript '\u{2640}'
CSS "\2640"
Python '\u2640'
URL %E2%99%80
What ♀ gets mistaken for
Mars rather than Venus, with an arrow instead of a cross. The pair is always used together, so if you need one you will shortly need the other.
the female sign emoji
The same codepoint drawn in colour. Type :female: for that one; this page is the plain glyph, typed with :venus:.
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