♂⚤⚥⧬웃👨𓂸 Male symbol
Be a man. Click on man symbols below to copy and paste male symbol, boy emoji ♂. I added some other text symbols for men into the mix, hope you'll find something new in them. Interestingly, you might also be able to type male text symbol right from your keyboard. How? Read below.
| Male symbols and emoji | 웃 | 유 | ⚣ | ⚦ | ⚨ | ⧬ | 👨 | 👳 | 👶 | 𓂸 | 🚹 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♂ | ♀ | ⚥ | ⚤ | ⚩ | ⚧ | 👲 | 👴 | 👱 | 𓂺 | 👦 |
Male symbol sign meaning
Male sign ♂ is a symbol for masculine gender. It's sort of a full name full of Greek pathos is The Spear and Shield of Mars.
Beside gender it's also used as an astrological and astronomical symbol (yes, these are different things) for planet Mars.
This symbol for male gender has been in use since the Renaissance also denoting elements in alchemy, specifically the metal iron.
Tough, right?
Male sign ♂ is a depiction of a circle with an arrow emerging from it, pointing at at angle to the upper right. In old manuscripts it is usually interpreted as the shield and spear from the war god Ares. It was first used to denote the effective gender of plants by Carolus Linnaeus in 1751.
Type male symbol from keyboard
Choose your system and find out how to type male symbol from your keyboard.
WindowsMan symbol from Keyboard
Alt Code for male symbol
Shortcut technique that works on Desktops and most Laptops running MS Windows. You press Alt and, while holding it, type a code on Num Pad while it's turned on. Please, read a guide if you're running a laptop. You can type many frequently used symbols with this method.
| Alt code | Symbol |
|---|---|
| 11 | ♂ |
Shift States
Configure your keyboard layout in Windows so that you can type all additional symbols you want as easy as any other text. Takes about 5-10 minutes to set things up, but you'll be typing like a boss. You can assign male symbol ♂ and any other text characters to your keyboard using this technique.
Boy sign in Character Map
CharMap allows you to view and use all characters and symbols available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer. You can input mail symbol using it.
Emoji Men on iPhone and iPad
Male sign in Character Palette
Character Palette allows you to view and use all characters and symbols, including male sign, available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer.
Man symbol on Keyboard
| Unicode hex code | Symbol |
| 2642 | ♂ |
There actually are 3 different ways to type symbols on Linux with a keyboard. But only third and fourth level chooser keys and unicode hex codes can produce male text symbol.
Character map
Character map allows you to view and use all characters and symbols available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer. It can also help you lookup Unicode codes for entering symbols with keyboard.
Following is a list of HTML and JavaScript entities for male symbol. In Javascript you should write like a = "this \u2669 symbol" if you want to include a special symbol in a string.
| HTML entity | JS entity | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| ♂ | \u2642 | ♂ |