latin cross

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The Latin cross is the classic Christian symbol—think church steeples, stained glass, and memorials—now pocket-sized for your texts. People drop it to signal prayer, faith, or condolences (RIP posts, vigil updates, or a quiet “thinking of you”). It also shows up in meme mode: “not today, Satan ✝️,” “bless this mess,” or as vampire repellent when the group chat gets unholy. You’ll see it paired with 🙏 for extra reverence, used solemnly in obits, or dramatically after surviving a chaotic Monday. Goth and metal fans lean on it for aesthetic vibes, while some folks use it ironically in deadpan humor—like pressing F and then adding a cross for maximum respect.

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This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 9 update.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	514 of 2393
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Emoji Character Encoding Data

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)	271d
Formal Unicode Notation	U+271D
Decimal Code Point(s)	10013
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE2 0x9C 0x9D
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	E2 9C 9D
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	342 234 235
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x271D
UTF-16 Hex	271d
UTF-16 Dec	10013
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000271D
UTF-32 Hex	271D
UTF-32 Dec	10013
Python Src	u"\u271D"
PHP Src	"\xe2\x9c\x9d"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u271D"

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)	271d, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation	U+271D, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)	10013, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE2 0x9C 0x9D, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	E2 9C 9D, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	342 234 235, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x271D, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex	271d, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec	10013, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000271D 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex	271D, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec	10013, 65039
Python Src	u"\u271D\uFE0F"
PHP Src	"\xe2\x9c\x9d\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u271D\uFE0F"