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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.

Their origins

All the gender symbols are derived from astronomical symbols.

Standard gender symbols

From the symbol of Mars (Unicode: U+2642 ♂), formed by rotating the Venus symbol 135 degrees. Cross was later changed to an arrow, making it resemble a shield and spear. The symbol for a male organism or man.
From the symbol of Venus (Unicode: U+2640 ♀), a hand mirror symbolising beauty. The symbol for a female organism or woman.
From the symbol of Mercury (Unicode: U+263F ☿). The symbol for an intersexual or hermaphroditic organism.
From the female and male symbols (Unicode: U+26A5 ⚥). Intersexual or transgender.
Another transgender symbol, a combination of the male and female sign with a third, combined arm representing transgender people (Unicode: U+26A7 ⚧).
From the symbol of Sagittarius (Unicode: U+2650 ♐). The symbol for an organism of unknown sex or gender.
From the symbol of Earth (Unicode: U+2295 ⊕). For generally everything of Earth; .


Other gender symbols in Unicode (Unicode 4.1+ required):
  • ⚢ (Unicode U+26A2): Double female sign
  • ⚣ (Unicode U+26A3): Double male sign
  • ⚤ (Unicode U+26A4): Interlocked female and male sign
  • ⚦ (Unicode U+26A6): Male with stroke sign
  • ⚨ (Unicode U+26A8): Vertical male with stroke sign
  • ⚩ (Unicode U+26A9): Horizontal male with stroke sign
  • ⚲ (Unicode U+26B2): Neuter
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See also

Symbols are objects, characters, or other concrete representations of ideas, concepts, or other abstractions. For example, in the United States, Canada and Great Britain, a red octagon is a symbol for the traffic sign meaning "STOP".
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Sex refers to the male and female duality of biology and reproduction. Unlike organisms that only have the ability to reproduce asexually, sexed male and female pairs have the ability to produce offspring through meiosis and fertilization.
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Plantae
  • Chromalveolata
  • Heterokontophyta
  • Haptophyta
  • Cryptophyta
  • Alveolata

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    • Gender", in common usage, refers to the differences between men and women. Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that gender identity is "an individual's self-conception as being male or female, as distinguished from actual biological sex.
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    Astronomical symbols are symbols used to represent various celestial objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in astronomy. The symbols listed here are commonly used by professional and amateur astronomers.
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    Mars  

    Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
    Orbital characteristics
    Epoch J2000<ref name="nssdc" />
    Aphelion distance: 249,228,730 km
    1.66599116 AU
    Perihelion distance: 206,644,545 km
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    Unicode is an industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in any of the world's writing systems. Developed in tandem with the Universal Character Set standard and published in book form as The Unicode Standard
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    Male (♂) refers to the sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilisation.
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    Plantae
  • Chromalveolata
  • Heterokontophyta
  • Haptophyta
  • Cryptophyta
  • Alveolata

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    • man is a male human. The term man (irregular plural: men) is used for an adult human male, with the term boy being the usual term for a human male child or adolescent human male. However, man can refer to humanity as a whole.
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    VENUS is an acronym for the Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea . The VENUS project is operated out of the University of Victoria and is an advanced cabled sea floor observatory, consisting of fibre optic cables connecting oceanographic instruments on the sea floor of the
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    mirror is an object with a surface that has good specular reflection; that is, it is smooth enough to form an image. The most familiar type of mirror is the plane mirror, which has a flat surface.
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    Female (♀) is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces ova (egg cells). The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon is produced by the male.
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    Plantae
  • Chromalveolata
  • Heterokontophyta
  • Haptophyta
  • Cryptophyta
  • Alveolata

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    A woman is a female human. The term woman (irregular plural: women
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    Mercury  

    Mariner 10 photomosaic of Mercury
    Orbital characteristics[1]
    Epoch J2000
    Aphelion distance: 69,816,927 km
    0.46669733 AU
    Perihelion distance: 46,001,210 km
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    Intersexuality is the state of a person whose sex chromosomes, genitalia and/or secondary sex characteristics are determined to be neither exclusively male nor female. A person with intersex may have biological characteristics of both the male and female sexes.
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    hermaphrodite is an organism that posses both male and female genetalia.[1] In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, particularly in some asexual animals and some plants.
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    Intersexuality is the state of a person whose sex chromosomes, genitalia and/or secondary sex characteristics are determined to be neither exclusively male nor female. A person with intersex may have biological characteristics of both the male and female sexes.
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    Transgender (IPA: /trænzˈdʒɛndɚ/, from trans (Latin) and gender (English)) is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative
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    Sagittarius

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    List of stars in Sagittarius
    Abbreviation: Sgr
    Genitive: Sagittarii
    Symbology: the Archer
    Right ascension: 19 h
    Declination: −25
    Area: 867 sq. deg.
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    EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001. Their greatest hit, their debut single "time after time", peaked at #13 in the Oricon singles chart.
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    Unicode is an industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in any of the world's writing systems. Developed in tandem with the Universal Character Set standard and published in book form as The Unicode Standard
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    The Mars symbol (♂) may refer to:
    • In biology, the male sex
    • In mythology, the Roman god Mars or the Greek god Ares
    • In astronomy, the planet Mars
    • In alchemy, iron
    • With connectors the male connector
    • In public establishments, the men's bathroom

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    The Venus symbol (♀) may refer to:
    • In biology, the female sex
    • In mythology, the Roman goddess Venus or the Greek goddess Aphrodite
    • In astronomy and astrology, the planet Venus
    • In alchemy, copper
    • In connectors the Female connector

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    Astronomical symbols are symbols used to represent various celestial objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in astronomy. The symbols listed here are commonly used by professional and amateur astronomers.
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    Astrological symbols are images used in various astrological systems to denote relevant objects. A number of such images are shown below.

    Celestial bodies



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    Like many other organizations and communities, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community have adopted certain symbols by which they are identified and by which they demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another.
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