What ⌂ means
It marks a house, home, or home location. The surrounding words show whether ⌂ points to a building or to someone's place to live.
Its computer trail includes CP437, a character set used by early PCs. A printer reference published in 2005 labels the corresponding PC-8 position “Home plate, house,” showing the mark as a compact character for text display and print.
A spare text home marker with a retro-computing feel; it fits when that restrained look is the point.
Part of collections
Related characters
2
Combination ideas
3A text-only home link or menu label.
Breadcrumb trail starting from the home page.
Home sweet home, with houses in place of the words.
Questions people ask
1Is ⌂ a house emoji?
No. ⌂ is a text character drawn by your font; is a separate emoji character.
More like this
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Collections with ⌂
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How to type or find ⌂
- Search it as
- house symbol · home symbol · house icon · home icon · CP437 house · roof symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⌂CSS
\2302Linux Unicode input
Press CtrlShiftU, type 2302, then press Enter.
Windows Unicode input
Use an enabled Unicode hexadecimal input method and enter 2302; the exact steps depend on your setup.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⌂
HTML hex
⌂
CSS content
content: "\2302";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8C%82
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.