Cross ⸸✞☦✝✟♱☥♁✙⚰️⛧

Click on a cross symbol below to copy and paste cross emoji text icon.

A lot of christian people, even those who are not very religious wear cross symbol necklaces ☿, pray "through" crosses, as icon symbol of connection to the almighty God in Christian and Protestant churches and cathedrals, make tombstones in shape of a cross symbol. Also, as for non-religious and non-christian uses, remember ✙ cross sign on your local pharmacy, or Emergency medical car? As of religious uses, it's one of the most prominent religious signs nowadays. In this article I'll review some techniques of how you might be able to enter them and you can pick one that suits you best depending on your Operating System and personal preference. Also, you can always copy-paste any crosses you find here.

Cross emoji symbol meaning

Cross (from Latin "crux", a Roman torture device used for crucifixion) is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally; if they run obliquely, the design is technically termed a saltire, although the arms of a saltire need not meet at right angles. Let's also not forget that ✙ cross, along with ☾ crescent also are symbol of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide.

How to type cross emoji symbol

Choose your system and find out.

Cross emoticon on Keyboard

Alt Codes

Alt Codes

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
0134	†
0135	‡

Shift States

Shift states for Windows symbols

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 cross symbols and any other text characters to your keyboard using this technique.

Character Map

MS Windows Character map

CharMap allows you to view and use all characters, cross emoji and symbols available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer. You can input cross symbols using it.

Cross Emoji on iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch)

Text Symbols with iPhone Emoji keyboard 📲Simple and beautiful way to discover how to add a virtual keyboard for Emoji symbols visible as small pictures. The keyboard itself is preinstalled on your iOS device, so you don't have to download, or buy anything.

Cross in Keyboard viewer

You can make frequently used technical non-fancy symbols like "√ ∑ π ∞ ∆ ™ © æ £ ¢" and åccénted letters on Mac using [Option] key. I've compiled a list of shortcuts in my article and explained how to open keyboard viewer. You can also use your Keyboard Viewer as an alternative to my list.

[Option] + [T] produces † cross sign.

Character Palette

Character Palette allows you to view and use all characters and symbols, including cross, available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer.

Apple Mac OS X Character Viewer

Cross on Keyboard

Linux keyboard shortcuts for text symbols

Unicode hex code	Symbol	Unicode hex code	Symbol
2629	☩	2628	☨
2626	☦	271E	✞
271B	✛	271C	✜
271D	✝	2719	✙
2720	✠	271A	✚
2020	†	2021	‡

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 cross text symbols.

Character map

Linux Character maps

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.