What ✄ means
It depicts a pair of scissors. ✄ is a printer’s dingbat: a non-letter symbol or ornament. The word was used for miscellaneous printer’s type by 1917.
Why does ✄ look different in different fonts?
The font controls its appearance. It may look thin or heavy; without ✄, an app may show a box. Older symbol fonts used font-specific key mappings; compatibility limits were documented in 1997. Check the chosen font before printing.
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 2704, 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 “white scissors”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2704, then Enter or Space.
HTML
✄CSS
\2704Symbol picker
Search “scissors” in your app’s or device’s character picker and select ✄.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
✄
HTML hex
✄
CSS content
content: "\2704";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9C%84
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.