What ⚲ means
It means neutral or neither male nor female; context sets the reading.
Botanical writing uses ⚲ for asexual plant reproduction. A related sign for Venus, the planet, is recorded in the medieval period. In the 18th century, botanist Carl Linnaeus reused older symbols for Mars and Venus to mark male and female plants. Some neutrois and other neutral-gender people use ⚲ as an identity sign; that use is documented as of 2026.
Technical in botany; an identity sign for some neutrois and other neutral-gender people.
In a botanical note, read it as a plant mark, not an identity disclosure.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsQuestions people ask
1Why does ⚲ look different in different fonts?
Because ⚲ is a text character, fonts can draw its circle and descending stroke with different proportions. The underlying character stays the same.
How to type ⚲
⚲\26B2Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.