☮
Peace Symbol
- Unicode
- U+262E
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ☮
- CSS
- \262E
The Peace Symbol (☮) is an internationally recognized emblem of peace, originally designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the British nuclear disarmament movement. Its iconic design cleverly combines the flag semaphore signals for the letters "N" and "D" (standing for Nuclear Disarmament) enclosed within a circle. Today, it is widely used in digital communication, typography, and social media to express anti-war sentiments, global harmony, and 1960s counterculture themes.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9774 or Win+. then search "peace"
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "peace"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 262E
- HTML
- ☮ or ☮
In Programming
While not used in standard programming syntax or mathematical equations, the peace symbol occasionally appears in decorative UI elements, text strings, or console outputs to convey a friendly message.
Tags
1960s counterculture
CND symbol
Gerald Holtom
anti-war symbol
antiwar
dingbat
hippie
hippie symbol
love
nuclear disarmament
pacifism
peace
peace sign
semaphore
text symbol
world peace