biohazard sign (U+2623)
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Summary

☣ is an Unicode character[1]. ☣ draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (unicode_character category, ranking #83 of 359).[2]

Key Facts

  • ☣'s image is recorded as International Biohazard Warning Symbol.svg[3].
  • ☣'s instance of is recorded as Unicode character[4].
  • ☣'s instance of is recorded as pictogram[5].
  • ☣'s instance of is recorded as warning[6].
  • ☣'s instance of is recorded as emoji[7].
  • ☣'s subclass of is recorded as sign[8].
  • ☣'s Commons category is recorded as U+2623[9].
  • ☣'s Unicode character is recorded as ☣[10].
  • +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ☣[11].
  • ☣'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11btrgg9h8[12].
  • ☣'s icon is recorded as ISO 7010 W009.svg[13].
  • ☣'s Unicode code point is recorded as 2623[14].
  • ☣'s HTML entity is recorded as ☣[15].
  • ☣'s HTML entity is recorded as ☣[16].
  • ☣'s symbolizes is recorded as biological hazard[17].
  • ☣'s Unicode block is recorded as Miscellaneous Symbols[18].
  • ☣'s Emojipedia ID is recorded as biohazard[19].
  • ☣'s Unicode character name is recorded as BIOHAZARD SIGN[20].
  • ☣'s shortcode is recorded as :biohazard:[21].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Unicode character[4], pictogram[5], warning[6], and emoji[7].

History and Context

+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ☣[11].

Why It Matters

☣ draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (unicode_character category, ranking #83 of 359).[2] ☣ has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). . Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/--q864488
MLA “☣.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/--q864488.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_--q864488_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{☣}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/--q864488}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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