✝️ Meaning – Latin Cross Emoji

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The image of a classic, latin cross is the emoji that represents Christianity. It can refer to a person being religious, to a church or to God Himself. Depending on context, Latin Cross Emoji can also be used jokingly to repel evil forces as if saying "Go away you devil!". It can also mean "I am praying for you!".

The Latin Cross Emoji appeared in 1993, and also known as the Upside Down Cross Emoji. Sometimes it is mentioned as the Christian Emoji.

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Latin Cross Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+271D U+FE0F
Unicode name: Latin Cross
Category: Symbols / Religion Symbols
Keywords: Christian, cross, religion, christian
Windows Alt-code: n/a
Decimal HTML Entity: ✝️
Hex HTML Entity: ✝️
UTF-16 hex: 0x271D 0xFE0F
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross_variants
Version: Unicode 1.1
Year: 1993 (see all emoji of 1993)

🌐 Latin Cross Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	römisches Kreuz	Christentum, Kreuz, Religion, Römisch
Français	croix latine	chrétien, croix, religion
Русский	латинский крест	длинный крест, крест, религия, христианство
Español	cruz latina	cristianismo, cruz, religión
Italiano	croce latina	Cristianesimo, croce, religione
Português	cruz latina	cristão, cruz, religião
Polski	krzyż łaciński	chrześcijaństwo, krzyż, krzyżyk, religia

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How to type Latin Cross Emoji

There are number of methods to type Latin Cross Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste ✝️ emoji

It's very easy to get Latin Cross Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read ✝️ meaning and look at ✝️ pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

✝️ emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.