Mercury

A symbol from the Zodiac & Planets collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: ☿
Unicode: U+263F
HTML entity: ☿
Category: Zodiac & Planets

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About the mercury symbol

Mercury is a symbol representing the Roman deity or the innermost planet of our solar system. Referred to as the caduceus or stylized winged helmet of the god, it is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block and belongs to the Common script. The character is typically read as Mercury and acts as a shorthand notation for the celestial body in astronomical or astrological texts.

In modern writing, this glyph appears frequently within the Zodiac and Planets category to denote the sign of Virgo or Gemini. It is commonly used in scientific contexts to label planetary data or in alchemy to represent the element quicksilver. Additionally, the symbol is found in social media profiles or digital horoscopes to identify a person's ruling planet or mercury retrograde status, though it remains specialized rather than a general typographic character.

How to type Mercury

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 263F then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 263F.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.