The table below lists all symbols for specifically for gender, sexual orientation and genealogy in Unicode as well as other common geneaological symbols (20 different symbols, including 3 already listed on the Special characters page; coming to 17 additional symbols in total). Other common symbols and geometrical shapes are on the Symbols page.
Unicode | English | Deutsch | Unicode | ||||||||
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Symbol | Code Point |
Name | Comment | Name | Kommentar | Compatibility | Script | General Category |
Block | Subhead | Version |
Gender | Geschlecht | ||||||||||
A | 0041 | Latin capital letter A | Großbuchstabe A | – | Latin | Letter, uppercase | Basic Latin | Uppercase Latin alphabet | 1.1 | ||
♀ | 2640 | Female sign | Female. Also sign for the planet Venus. | Weibliches Geschlechtssymbol | Auch für Venus und Kupfer. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Astrological signs | 1.1 |
♂ | 2642 | Male sign | Male. Also sign for the planet Mars. | Männliches Geschlechtssymbol | Auch für Mars und Eisen. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Astrological signs | 1.1 |
⚥ | 26A5 | Male and female sign | Intersexual, androgynous (was sometimes used for transgendered). | Weibliches und männliches Geschlechtssymbol | Intersexualität, Androgynie (früher Hermaphroditismus, Zwittertum). | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Gender symbol | 4.1 |
⚲ | 26B2 | Neuter | Neutral, genderless. | Neutrumszeichen | Neutrum, Geschlechtslosigkeit. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Gender symbol | 5.0 |
Transsexualism | Transsexualität | ||||||||||
⚧ | 26A7 | Male with stroke and male and female sign | Transsexualism. | Transsexualitätszeichen | Transsexualität. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Gender symbol | 4.1 |
Sexual orientation | Sexuelle Orientierung | ||||||||||
⚤ | 26A4 | Interlocked male and female sign | Heterosexuality (confusingly also sometimes used for bisexuality). | Verschlungenes weibliches und männliches Geschlechtssymbol | Heterosexualität, manchmal auch für Bisexualität. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Gender symbol | 4.1 |
⚣ | 26A3 | Doubled male sign | Male homosexuality. | Zwei verschlungene männliche Geschlechtssymbole | Männliche Homosexualität. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Gender symbol | 4.1 |
⚢ | 26A2 | Doubled female sign | Lesbianism (female homosexuality). | Zwei verschlungene weibliche Geschlechtssymbole | Lesbianismus. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Gender symbol | 4.1 |
⚥⚥ | 2 × 26A5 |
2 × “Male and female sign” | Bisexuality (doubled male and female sign). | Doppeltes weibliches und männliches Geschlechtssymbol | Bisexualität. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
⚪ | 26AA | Medium white circle | Asexuality. | Hohler mittlerer Kreis, Asexualitätszeichen | Asexualität. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Circles | 4.1 |
Genealogical symbols | Genealogische Symbole | ||||||||||
* | 002A | Asterisk | Born. | Sternchen | Geboren. | – | Common | Punctuation, other | Basic Latin | ASCII punctuation and symbols | 1.1 |
~ | 007E | Tilde | Baptised (waves). | Wellenlinie, Tilde | Getauft. | – | Common | Symbol, math | Basic Latin | ASCII punctuation and symbols | 1.1 |
⚬ | 26AC | Medium small white circle | Engaged (wedding ring). | Ring | Verlobt. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Circles | 4.1 |
⚭ | 26AD | Marriage symbol | Married (connected wedding rings). | Verschlungene Ringe | Verheiratet. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Genealogical symbols | 4.1 |
⚮ | 26AE | Divorce symbol | Divorced (split wedding rings). | Geteilte Ringe | Geschieden. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Genealogical symbols | 4.1 |
⚯ | 26AF | Unmarried partnership symbol | Unmarried partnership (unconnected wedding rings). | Getrennte Ringe | Außereheliche Verbindung. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Genealogical symbols | 4.1 |
† | 2020 | Dagger | Died (cross). | Kreuz | Gestorben. | – | Common | Punctuation, other | General punctuation | General punctuation | 1.1 |
⚔ | 2694 | Crossed swords | Killed in action at war (crossed swords). | Gekreuzte Schwerter | Gefallen. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Dictionary and map symbols | 4.1 |
⚰ | 26B0 | Coffin | Buried (coffin). | Sarg | Begraben. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Genealogical symbols | 4.1 |
⚱ | 26B1 | Funeral urn | Cremated (funeral urn). | Urne | Eingeäschert. | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Genealogical symbols | 4.1 |
Other gender symbols | Andere Geschlechtssymbole | ||||||||||
⚦ | 26A6 | Male with stroke sign | Usage unclear. Was sometimes used for transgendered. | Männliches Geschlechtssymbol mit Strich | Unklare Bedeutung (teilweise für Transsexualität). | – | Common | Symbol, other | Miscellaneous symbols | Gender symbol | 4.1 |
Rare and combined genealogical symbols | Seltene und kombinierte genealogische Zeichen | ||||||||||
†* | – | Cross and asterisk | Stillborn. | Kreuz und Sternchen | Totgeburt. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
*† | – | Asterisk and cross | Died on day of birth. | Sternchen und Kreuz | Am Tag der Geburt gestorben. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
(*) | – | Asterisk in brackets | Born outside marriage. | Sternchen in Klammern | Außereheliche Geburt. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
!! | – | Two exclamation marks | Priest, clergyman. | Zwei Ausrufezeichen | Pfarrer. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
I ⚭ | – | Roman numeral I and marriage symbol | First marriage. | Römisches Zahlzeichen I und verschlungene Ringe | Erste Ehe. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
II ⚭ | – | Roman numeral II and marriage symbol | Second marriage. | Römisches Zahlzeichen II und verschlungene Ringe | Zweite Ehe. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
III ⚭ | – | Roman numeral III and marriage symbol | Third marriage. | Römisches Zahlzeichen III und verschlungene Ringe | Dritte Ehe. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
†⚔ | – | Cross and crossed swords | Mortally wounded (in war). | Kreuz und gekreuzte Schwerter | Tödlich verwundet (im Kriegseinsatz). | – | – | – | – | – | – |
(†) | – | Cross in brackets | Missing. | Kreuz in Klammern | Vermisst. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
(⚔) | – | Crossed swords in brackets | Missing at war, missing in action. | Gekreuzte Schwerter in Klammern | Im Kriegseinsatz vermisst. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
†† | – | Two crosses | This line extinct. | Zwei Kreuze | Diese Linie ausgestorben. | – | – | – | – | – | – |