The orthodox cross brings big Byzantine energy: three bars, one faith. You get a short top bar (the inscription), a longer middle beam, and that signature diagonal footrest tilting down to the right—instantly signaling Eastern Orthodox tradition. People drop it for reverence, prayer requests, RIPs, and to give a post that incense-and-choir glow. It also shows up playfully after a chaotic take—like “I need to repent for that snack during Lent” territory. Think of it as the emoji equivalent of crossing yourself before entering the comments section.
On iOS, it’s a shiny gold cross with beveled edges and a warm gradient, viewed straight-on: the tiny top bar, the broad central arm, and the slanted lower bar are cleanly defined, making it stand out from the plain Latin cross. You’ll see it around Orthodox Easter/Pascha, name days, and feast-day shoutouts, especially in Slavic and Greek family posts. It’s popular in bios to signal faith or an “icons and incense” aesthetic, sometimes paired with 🕯️ or ⛪ for maximum liturgy vibes. And yes, it’s meme-friendly—spam a row of these as “holy armor” when the timeline turns unholy.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 716 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 Code |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ☦ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ☦ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ☦ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ☦ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 2626 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2626 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9766 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x98 0xA6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 98 A6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 230 246 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2626 |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2626 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9766 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002626 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2626 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9766 |
| Python Src | u"\u2626" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x98\xa6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2626" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ☦️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ☦️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ☦ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ☦ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 2626, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2626, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9766, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x98 0xA6, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 98 A6, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 230 246, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2626, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2626, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9766, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002626 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2626, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9766, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\u2626\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x98\xa6\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2626\uFE0F" |
