Gender symbol
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A gender symbol is a symbol used to denote the sex of a life form or the gender of a human being.
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[edit] Original gender symbols
The two original gender symbols are derived from astronomical symbols. They were first used to donote the gender of plants by Carl Linnaeus in 1751. [1]
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From the symbol of Mars (U+2642 ♂). The symbol for a male organism or man. |
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From the symbol of Venus (U+2640 ♀). The symbol for a female organism or woman. |
[edit] Other gender-related symbols
Numerous variations of gender symbols have been developed, including:
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From the symbol of Mercury (U+263F ☿). The symbol for an intersexual or hermaphroditic organism. |
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From the female and male symbols (U+26A5 ⚥). Intersexual or transgender. Sometimes used as a bisexual symbol. |
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Another transgender symbol, a combination of the male and female sign with a third, combined arm representing transgender people (Unicode: U+26A7 ⚧). |
Other gender symbols in Unicode 4.1+:
- ⚢ (U+26A2)
- Double female sign, sometimes used as a female homosexual symbol
- ⚣ (U+26A3)
- Double male sign, sometimes used as a male homosexual symbol
- ⚤ (U+26A4)
- Interlocked female and male sign, occasionally used as a heterosexual symbol
- ⚦ (U+26A6)
- Male with stroke sign, sometimes used as a male bisexual symbol
- ⚨ (U+26A8)
- Vertical male with stroke sign
- ⚩ (U+26A9)
- Horizontal male with stroke sign
- ⚪ (U+26AA)
- Medium white circle base, used as a symbol for asexuality, sexless or genderless
- ⚲ (U+26B2)
- Neuter
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[edit] Notes
- ^ The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols of Biology, William T. Stearn, Taxon, Vol. 11, No. 4 (May, 1962), pp. 109-113
