Peace symbol
Type :peace_text: · Tech & keys
Unicode name Peace Symbol · Miscellaneous Symbols block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ☮ is for
The peace symbol, designed in 1958 for the British nuclear disarmament movement from the semaphore letters N and D. The design was deliberately never copyrighted.
How to type ☮
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:peace_text: 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 262E with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 262E then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:peace_text: :peace: On the web
HTML ☮
Unicode U+262E
JavaScript '\u{262E}'
CSS "\262E"
Python '\u262E'
URL %E2%98%AE
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