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Peace Sign (☮)

The peace sign ☮ is Unicode U+262E, the circle-and-lines peace symbol from 1958. Press Copy to put it on your clipboard.

Unicode
U+262E
HTML
☮
Word
262E Alt+X

How to type the peace sign (☮)

The quickest way is to press Copy above and paste. To type ☮ yourself, use the method for your device below.

Windows

  1. In Word or Outlook, type 262E and press Alt + X. Alt + X converts the hex code before the cursor into the character, and back again.
  2. Press Win + . to open the emoji panel, then search for “peace”.

Mac

  1. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for peace and double-click it.
  2. With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 262E.

Linux & ChromeOS

  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 262e, then press Enter or Space. Works in GTK and IBus apps (GNOME, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice) and on ChromeOS.

iPhone & iPad

  1. Open the emoji keyboard and search for “peace” to insert ☮️, the colour emoji. For the plain text ☮, copy it from this page.
  2. Copy ☮ from this page, then go to Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement and add it with a shortcut such as ;peac. The shortcut then turns into the symbol as you type, in every app.

Android

  1. In Gboard, tap the emoji key and search for “peace” to insert ☮️. For the plain text ☮, copy it from this page.
  2. Copy ☮ here, then open Gboard settings → Dictionary → Personal dictionary and add it with a shortcut.

Microsoft Word

  1. Type 262E, then press Alt + X.
  2. Insert → Symbol → More Symbols. Set “from” to Unicode (hex), type 262E in “Character code” and click Insert.

Google Docs

  1. Insert → Special characters, then search for “peace” or draw it in the box.

Excel & Google Sheets

  1. Enter =UNICHAR(9774) in a cell. It works in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

HTML

  1. Write ☮ or ☮ in your HTML.

What does ☮ mean?

The peace sign ☮ was designed in 1958 by the British artist Gerald Holtom for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and its first march to the Aldermaston weapons research site. Holtom built it from two flag-semaphore letters: the arms held down and out for N, and one arm straight up and one straight down for D, for “nuclear disarmament”, all inside a circle.

CND never registered the design, so it spread freely. By the 1960s it had crossed to the American civil-rights and anti-Vietnam-war movements, and it is now a general sign of peace, pacifism and the counterculture. Unicode added it in version 1.1 (1993) as PEACE SYMBOL; followed by the emoji selector it shows as the purple emoji ☮️.

Common uses

  • Signing off a message: Stay safe ☮
  • Protest banners, event posters and anti-war campaigns
  • Bios and usernames with a relaxed, hippie feel: ☮ & ♡

Peace Sign codes for HTML, CSS and programming

Every code below produces ☮. Use the HTML entity in web pages, the CSS escape in content, and the escape sequence in source code.

Unicode code pointU+262E
HTML decimal☮
HTML hex☮
CSS contentcontent: "\262E";
JavaScript"\u262E"
Python"\u262E"
Python (by name)"\N{PEACE SYMBOL}"
Java / C#"\u262E"
UTF-8 bytesE2 98 AE
UTF-16262E
URL encoded%E2%98%AE

☮ vs look-alike characters

These characters look similar to ☮ but have a different meaning and code. Pasting the wrong one can break search, sorting and screen readers.

CharNameWhen to use it
Victory Hand
U+270C		Victory hand, the two-finger “V” gesture that is also read as a peace sign in photos.
Dove of Peace
U+1F54A		Dove of peace, the older Christian and classical image of peace, shown as an emoji.
Yin Yang
U+262F		Yin yang, a Taoist symbol of balance rather than peace.
Peace symbol
U+262E U+FE0F		The same character with the emoji selector (U+FE0F); it displays as a coloured tile.

Symbols similar to ☮

Click to copy, or open a symbol for its codes. See the full religious symbols collection.

☮ character properties

Official Unicode name
PEACE SYMBOL
Also known as
peace symbol, CND symbol, ban the bomb symbol
Code point
U+262E
Unicode block
Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
General category
Other symbol (So)
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane (0)
Emoji
Has an emoji form: ☮️ (add U+FE0F)

Frequently asked questions

Who invented the peace sign?

Gerald Holtom, a British designer, created it in February 1958 for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. It combines the semaphore signals for N and D.

Is the peace sign copyrighted?

No. CND chose not to copyright or trademark it, so anyone can use ☮ freely.

Is there an alt code for the peace sign?

No. ☮ is outside the Windows-1252 and code page 437 character sets, so no Alt + number code produces it. Copy it from this page, type 262E then Alt + X in Word, or find it in Character Map.

How do I type the peace sign on a Mac?

There is no single Option shortcut for ☮ on the US layout. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for “peace” and double-click it, or copy it from this page.

What is the HTML code for the peace sign?

☮ has no named HTML entity. Use the numeric reference ☮ or ☮, or paste the character directly into a UTF-8 page.

What is the Unicode for the peace sign?

☮ is U+262E, officially named PEACE SYMBOL, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It has been part of Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).