U+2627 Chi Rho
U+2627 was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It belongs to the block
This character is a Other Symbol and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script. The character is also known as Constantine's cross and Christogram.
The glyph is not a composition. It has no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it acts as Other Neutral. When changing direction it is not mirrored. The word that U+2627 forms with similar adjacent characters prevents a line break inside it. The glyph can be confused with one other glyph.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
The Chi Rho (☧, English pronunciation ; also known as chrismon) is one of the earliest forms of the Christogram, formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters—chi and rho (ΧΡ)—of the Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ (rom: Christos) in such a way that the vertical stroke of the rho intersects the center of the chi.
The Chi-Rho symbol was used by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306–337 AD) as part of a military standard (vexillum). Constantine's standard was known as the Labarum. Early symbols similar to the Chi Rho were the Staurogram () and the IX monogram ().
In pre-Christian times, the Chi-Rho symbol was also used to mark a particularly valuable or relevant passage in the margin of a page, abbreviating chrēston (good). Some coins of Ptolemy III Euergetes (r. 246–222 BC) were marked with a Chi-Rho.
Although formed of Greek characters, the device (or its separate parts) is frequently found serving as an abbreviation in Latin text, with endings added appropriate to a Latin noun, thus XPo, signifying Christo, "to Christ", the dative form of Christus, or χρ̅icola, signifying Christicola, "Christian", in the Latin lyrics of Sumer is icumen in.
Representations
System | Representation |
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Nº | 9767 |
UTF-8 | E2 98 A7 |
UTF-16 | 26 27 |
UTF-32 | 00 00 26 27 |
URL-Quoted | %E2%98%A7 |
HTML hex reference | ☧ |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | ☧ |
alias | Constantine's cross |
alias | Christogram |
Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | 81 37 A6 33 |
Related Characters
Confusables
Elsewhere
Complete Record
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Yes | |
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✘ | |
✘ | |
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