Taurus Symbol (♉)
The taurus symbol ♉ is Unicode U+2649, the zodiac sign of the bull. Press Copy to put it on your clipboard.
- Unicode
U+2649- HTML
♉- Word
2649 Alt+X
How to type the taurus symbol (♉)
The quickest way is to press Copy above and paste. To type ♉ yourself, use the method for your device below.
Windows
- In Word or Outlook, type 2649 and press Alt + X. Alt + X converts the hex code before the cursor into the character, and back again.
- Press Win + . to open the emoji panel, then search for “taurus”.
Mac
- Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for taurus and double-click it.
Linux & ChromeOS
- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2649, then press Enter or Space. Works in GTK and IBus apps (GNOME, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice) and on ChromeOS.
iPhone & iPad
- Copy ♉ from this page, then go to Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement and add it with a shortcut such as ;taur. The shortcut then turns into the symbol as you type, in every app.
Android
- Copy ♉ here, then open Gboard settings → Dictionary → Personal dictionary and add it with a shortcut.
Microsoft Word
- Type 2649, then press Alt + X.
- Insert → Symbol → More Symbols. Set “from” to Unicode (hex), type 2649 in “Character code” and click Insert.
Google Docs
- Insert → Special characters, then search for “taurus” or draw it in the box.
Excel & Google Sheets
- Enter
=UNICHAR(9801)in a cell. It works in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.
HTML
- Write
♉or♉in your HTML.
What does ♉ mean?
♉ is Taurus, the bull: a circle for the animal’s head topped with an upturned arc for its horns. It is the second sign of the tropical zodiac, covering birthdays from about 20 April to 20 May.
The constellation behind the sign is one of the easiest to find in the northern winter sky, with the orange star Aldebaran as the bull’s eye and the Pleiades cluster on its shoulder. The glyph itself is simple enough that it survives in almost any font; if you need it to stay as black text instead of an emoji tile, add the text variation selector U+FE0E after it. People also use ♉ as a quick label for May birthdays or Taurus-themed jewellery and prints.
Taurus Symbol 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 point | U+2649 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ♉ | |
| HTML hex | ♉ | |
| CSS content | content: "\2649"; | |
| JavaScript | "\u2649" | |
| Python | "\u2649" | |
| Python (by name) | "\N{TAURUS}" | |
| Java / C# | "\u2649" | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 89 | |
| UTF-16 | 2649 | |
| URL encoded | %E2%99%89 |
♉ 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.
Symbols similar to ♉
Click to copy, or open a symbol for its codes. See the full zodiac symbols collection.
♉ character properties
- Official Unicode name
- TAURUS
- Also known as
- taurus sign, bull symbol, taurus glyph
- Code point
- U+2649
- 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
What are the Taurus dates?
About 20 April to 20 May in tropical astrology.
Why does ♉ look like a bull?
The circle is read as the bull’s head and the curve above as its horns.
Is there an alt code for the taurus symbol?
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 2649 then Alt + X in Word, or find it in Character Map.
How do I type the taurus symbol 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 “taurus” and double-click it, or copy it from this page.
What is the HTML code for the taurus symbol?
♉ 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 taurus symbol?
♉ is U+2649, officially named TAURUS, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It has been part of Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).