Female gender symbol (♀)
U+2640 · FEMALE SIGN · Unicode 1.1 (1993)
How to type ♀
Windows
Alt code (numeric keypad)
Alt+12
Turn on Num Lock, hold the Alt key, type 12 on the numeric keypad and let go of Alt: ♀ appears.
Uses the old DOS code page 437, which US-English Windows uses for Alt codes without a leading 0; on Windows set to other languages the result can differ.
Word and Outlook: Alt + X
2640 Alt+X
Type 2640 and press Alt+X right after it: Word turns the code into ♀. Press Alt+X again to turn it back into the code.
Emoji and symbols panel (Windows 10 and 11)
Win+.
Press Win + full stop (.) to open the panel and type “female gender symbol” to find ♀.
No numeric keypad on your laptop? See the other ways in our Alt codes guide.
Mac
Character Viewer
Ctrl+⌘ Cmd+Space
Press Ctrl+⌘+Space (or the Globe key + E), search for “female gender symbol” and click ♀ to insert it.
iPhone
Emoji keyboard
Open the emoji keyboard, tap the search field and type “female gender symbol” to find ♀.
Make a shortcut (Text Replacement)
Turn a short word into ♀ once and type it in any app:
- Copy ♀ from this page.
- Open Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement and tap +.
- Paste ♀ as the Phrase and type a Shortcut, for example ;female.
- Now type ;female anywhere: the keyboard suggests ♀.
Android
Make a shortcut (Gboard personal dictionary)
Teach your keyboard a short word that turns into ♀:
- Copy ♀ from this page.
- Open Gboard settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary, choose your language and tap +.
- Paste ♀ as the word and type a shortcut, for example ;female.
- Type ;female in any app and tap ♀ in the suggestions.
Linux
Unicode input
Ctrl+Shift+U 2640 Enter
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2640 and press Enter or Space. Works in GTK apps and with IBus (GNOME, Ubuntu, Fedora).
What ♀ means and how it is used
♀ is the female sign, originally the astronomical symbol of Venus. Biologists have used ♀ and ♂ for sexes since Carl Linnaeus. In Japanese the IME reading めす (mesu) gives ♀. Combined signs such as ⚥ and ⚧ have their own characters. Dating apps and forms also use the pair as quick gender markers.
In Unicode, ♀ is code point U+2640 with the official name FEMALE SIGN. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and arrived with Unicode 1.1 in 1993.
Other words for it: female, sign, woman.
You will find it in our signs, 80 symbols in all, together with ⚠ ♻ ☣ ⚕ ☮.
Codes for HTML, CSS and JavaScript
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| HTML entity | ♀ | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ♀ | |
| HTML hex | ♀ | |
| CSS | content: "\2640"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2640 | |
| URL | %E2%99%80 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 80 | |
| Unicode | U+2640 |
Will it show on my friend's phone?
Very likely yes: ♀ dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.
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Names in other languages
What ♀ is called in the 12 languages of this site (Unicode CLDR and our editors). Tap a name to open that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Female gender symbol |
| Português | Símbolo feminino |
| Español | Símbolo de mujer |
| Italiano | Simbolo femmina |
| Français | Symbole femme |
| Deutsch | Weiblich-Symbol (Venus) |
| Türkçe | Kadın sembolü |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Simbol perempuan |
| Polski | Symbol kobiety |
| Русский | Женский символ |
| 日本語 | メス記号 (女性記号) |
| 한국어 | 여성 기호 |
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All Signs →Questions people ask
How do I type ♀ on a laptop without a numeric keypad?
On Windows press Win + full stop (.) and pick ♀ in the Symbols tab, or in Word type 2640 and press Alt+X.
How do I type ♀ on an iPhone?
The iPhone keyboard has no key for ♀. Copy it here, then add it in Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement with a shortcut like ;female.
What is the HTML code for the female gender symbol?
Use the entity ♀ or the numeric code ♀ (hex ♀). In CSS write \2640, in JavaScript \u2640.
Will ♀ show on every phone?
Very likely yes: ♀ dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.