What ⛡ means
⛠ is the first-numbered companion; ⛡ is the second. Both are traffic-sign symbols from Japan’s ARIB STD-B24 digital-broadcasting standard.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does ⛡ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ⛡
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 26E1, then Alt+X to get ⛡.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “restricted left entry-2”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 26e1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⛡CSS
\26E1Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⛡
HTML hex
⛡
CSS content
content: "\26E1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9B%A1
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.