Type the Marriage Symbol ⚭ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.
Marriage Symbol ⚭ symbol is two interlocked circles with obvious symbolism. It can be used for any situation you like, perhaps when two items or groups merge or an alternative bullet symbol.
How Marriage Symbol ⚭ looks in different fonts.
Marriage Symbol ⚭ looks quite consistent across the common Office fonts. Most fonts don’t have the symbol so Word auto-switches to Segoe UI Symbol font. See Word’s symbol substitution, the good and the bad
Marriage Symbol ⚭ codes
These are the code numbers you’ll need to enter the Marriage Symbol or ⚭
Decimal: 9901 Hex: 26AD
Web: ⚭ or ⚭
(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)
Word and Outlook
The Marriage Symbol ⚭ sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word.
Use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 26AD + Alt + X
Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert | Symbols | Symbol and look for the Marriage Symbol symbol. The fast way to find it is to select a valid font (Segoe UI Symbol) then enter the Unicode value (26AD)
Windows
In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the Marriage Symbol ⚭ character into any program, but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.
Alt + 9901
Window 10 Emoji Panel
The Windows 10 Emoji Panel doesn’t seem to have the marriage symbol. Use Win + . (period/fullstop) to open the panel but there’s no search for symbols (only emoji) so it’s hard to be sure.
See Emoji Panel is part of Windows 10 that totally sucks
Windows Character Map
The Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases
Character Map has a search feature, something missing from the Insert | Symbol in Office.
MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters
On a Mac, to enter the Marriage Symbol ⚭ symbol:
- Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.
- Search for “ Marriage“ and the Viewer will find the symbol you need plus some others.
Despite the name Character Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac.
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