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πΎοΈ
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Translingual
Unicode gives two alternative forms:
- π
(βSQUARED WCβ)
- π (βNEGATIVE SQUARED WCβ)
Description
A blue box with the white text WC (βwater closetβ); but see usage notes.
Symbol
πΎοΈ
- (chiefly British) Indicates public toilets.
1993, John E. Traister, Illustrated Dictionary for Building Construction, Fairmont Press, βISBN, Mechanical Graphic Symbols, page 372:WC Water Closet
2015 July 2, βA new symbol for the toiletβ, in BBC Newsβ[5]:Here PC stands for "public convenience", according to maps created by Ordnance Survey (OS), the UK's official mapping agency. Not WC, meaning "water closet", widely in use in cafes, bars, restaurants and so on to denote a toilet.
Usage notes
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See also
References
- ^ Department for Transport (17 January 2018) βGuidance: Road traffic sign images for reproductionβ, in Government of the United Kingdomβ[1], retrieved 4 October 2023: β[πΎ on a British informational traffic sign].β
- ^ βπΎ Water Closet Emojiβ, in Emojipediaβ[2], 4 October 2023 (last accessed), Emoji Designs
- ^ βThe Unicode Standard, Version 15.0β, in The Unicode Standardβ[3], The Unicode Consortium, 2022, retrieved 4 October 2023, Transport and Map Symbols, page 3
- ^ Version 6.0.0 (The Unicode Standard)β[4], Unicode Consortium, 11 October 2010, retrieved 4 October 2023