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Religious and political symbols in Unicode

Unicode contains a number of characters that represent various cultural, political, and religious symbols. Most, but not all, of these symbols are in the Miscellaneous Symbols block.

Armenian block
The Unicode chart for the Armenian block notes two religious symbols: ==Dingbats block==
Dingbats block
The Dingbats block also contains some symbols with political/religious connotations: : ==Geometric Shapes Extended==
Geometric Shapes Extended
Other weights of the Greek cross are in Geometric Shapes Extended. : ==Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block==
Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block
The Unicode chart for the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block notes several symbols used for Chinese folk religion: : ==Miscellaneous Symbols block==
Miscellaneous Symbols block
The Unicode chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block has a section explicitly labelled "Religious and political symbols": : Elsewhere in the block is: : The emoji variants have U+FE0F after the symbol. ==Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block==
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block
The Unicode chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block notes many religious symbols: : Ostensibly religious symbols are, however, not limited to this section, as the same chart has another short section of two characters labelled "Syriac cross symbols", with the explanatory gloss "These symbols are used in liturgical texts of Syriac-speaking churches". Another short section of two symbols is headed "Medical and healing symbols", including U+2624 ☤ Caduceus (cf. U+1F750 🝐 "alchemical symbol for caduceus"), U+2695 ⚕ Staff of Aesculapius, and U+2625 ☥ Ankh, all of which originate in polytheistic religious traditions. ==Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block==
Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block
The Unicode chart for the Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block notes one religious symbol": : ==Tibetan block==
Tibetan block
The Unicode chart for the Tibetan block notes several religious symbols and a political symbol: : ==Soyombo block==
Soyombo block
The Soyombo symbol is a special character in the Soyombo alphabet devised for the Mongolian language. It appears in several flags of Mongolia. Three forms appear in the Soyombo block. : ==See also==
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