Symbols

This is a resource of plaintext unicode and emoji symbols that work in World Anvil articles. The symbols have been organized by theme and given a descriptive tooltip. This is not a comprehensive list, please see the authors note by the comment section for more information.
The size of some unicode symbols has been increased to make them easier to see.

Astronomy / Astrology

Zodiac Emoji
♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓
Planets
Many of these planets have multiple symbols to denote them, a couple of which are listed under alternatives. Most are not accessible on WA, or sometimes not in unicode.

☉ ☿ ♀ ♁ ♂ ♃ ♄ ♅ ♆
Alternatives
☼ ⛢
Dwarf Planets
⚳ ♇
Moons
☽ ☾
Asteroids
⚳ ⚴ ⚵ ⚶ ⚷
Other Symbols
For more information see: The Classical Origin and Traditional use of Aspects
☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ⚸ ⚹ ⚺ ⚻ ⚼ ☄ ★ ☆ ⛎︎

Gender and Sexuality

See also: Pride Flags in WA
Note: LGBTQ+ people have different preferences when it comes to terminology, and these symbols are used in a lot of different ways, and really only scratches the tip of the iceberg. Note that some of the words here can be offensive when used to describe others, but are also words people may use to describe themselves.
Gender / Sex
♀️ ♂️ ⚲ ⚥ ☿ ⚧️ ⚦ ⚨
Sexuality
⚢ ⚣ ⚤

Genealogy

For more about genealogical symbols see: Genealogy Symbols
Partner Status
⚬ ⚭ ⚮ ⚯

Death/Funerary
⚰ ⚱ † ⚔︎ ‡
Other
* ⊛ ~

Typography

Brackets

Rounded Brackets
( ) （ ） ﴾ ﴿ ⸨ ⸩ ⁽ ⁾ ₍ ₎ ⏜ ⏝ ︵ ︶ ⟮ ⟯ ⦅ ⦆ ⦇ ⦈ ❨ ❩ ❪ ❫ ｟ ｠ ⸦ ⸧
Square Brackets
[ ] ［ ］ ⁅ ⁆ ⎴ ⎵ ⎶ ⟦ ⟧ 〚 〛 ⦋ ⦌ ⦍ ⦐ ⦎ ⦏ 〚 〛 ﹇ ﹈
Corner Brackets
⌊ ⌋ ⌈ ⌉ ⌜ ⌝ ⌞ ⌟ ⸢ ⸣ ⸤ ⸥ ⎸ ⎹ ⟓ ⟔ ｢ ｣ 「 」 『』 ﹁ ﹂ ﹃ ﹄
Curly Brackets
{ } ｛ ｝ ⦃ ⦄ ⏞ ⏟ ❴ ❵ ﹛ ﹜ ︷ ︸
Angle Brackets
⟨ ⟩ 〈 〉 ⟪ ⟫ 《 》 ‹ › « » < > ＜ ＞ ⦑ ⦒ ⧼ ⧽ ❬ ❭ ❰ ❱ ❮ ❯ ⦉ ⦊ ︿ ﹀ ︽ ︾
Tortoise Shell Brackets
⟬ ⟭ 〔 〕 〘 〙 ⦗ ⦘ ⏠ ⏡ ﹙ ﹚ ﹝ ﹞ ❲ ❳ ︹ ︺
Lenticular Brackets
【 】 〖 〗 ︗ ︘ ︻ ︼
Other Brackets
⦓ ⦔ ⦕ ⦖ ⧘ ⧙ ⧚ ⧛ ⟅ ⟆ ⸜ ⸝ ᚛ ᚜ ༺ ༻ ༼ ༽ ⸂ ⸃ ⸄ ⸅ ⸉ ⸊ ⸌ ⸍
Technical/Mathematical Brackets
Note: a horizontal line and an uppercase P has been added show how far the brackets extend above the line.

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⎛ ⎞ ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎡ ⎤ ⎢ ⎥ ⎣ ⎦ ⎧ ⎫ ⎨ ⎬ ⎪ ⎩ ⎭ ⎰ ⎱ P

Full Stop / Period
. ։ ۔ ܁ ܂ ። ᙮ ᠃ ᠉ ⳹ ⳾ ⸼ 。 ꓿ ꘎ ︒ ﹒ ． ｡
Question Marks
? ？ ¿ ؟ ⸮ ⁇ ⁈ ⁉ ‽ ⸘ ﹖ ❓ ❔ ⁉️
≟ ⩻ ⩼ ⍰ � ʔ
፧ ꘏ ⳺ ⳻
Comma
, 、 ، ⸲ ⸴ ⹁ ︐ ︑ ﹐ ﹑ ， ､ · ∘ ՝ ߸ ፣ ᠂ ᠈ ꓾ ꘍
Colon
: ː ˸ ׃ ∶ ≔ ≕ ⩴ ⍠ ⦂ ⁝ ⫶ ꞉ ︓ ： ﹕
Semicolon
; ؛ ፤ ⁏ ⍮ ⸵ ︔ ； ﹔
Hyphens
‐ - ﹣ － ‑ ‿ ֊ ־ ᠆ ⸗ ・ ･ ᐀ ‧ ⁃ ⸚ ⹀ ゠
Dashes
– — ― ‒ ⁓ 〜 〰 ︲ ︱
Quotation Marks and Apostrophes
Note: Size increased for legibility
’ ‘ ‛ “ ‟ ” " ‚ „ ⹂ « » ‹ ›
′ ″ ‴ ⁗ ‵ ‶ ‷
＂ ❮ ❯ ❛ ❜ ❝ ❞ ❟ ❠
〞 〝 〟 〃 ― ⠴ ⠦
Ampersands
& ＆ ﹠ ⅋