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☤ U+2624, ☤ CADUCEUS ← ☣ [U+2623] Miscellaneous Symbols ☥ → [U+2625]

⚚ U+269A, ⚚ STAFF OF HERMES ← ⚙ [U+2699] Miscellaneous Symbols ⚛ → [U+269B]

Translingual

Etymology

Used by the Ancient Greeks for the god Hermes.

Symbol

☤ (English symbol name caduceus)

1. A symbol associated with peace, commerce, diplomacy, and occasionally death, as well as with travellers and messengers.

Usage notes

• This symbol for Hermes' caduceus should not be confused with ⚕ (“the rod of Asclepius”).

See also

• ☿, a simplified staff of Hermes used since antiquity as a symbol for the planet Mercury
• 🝐, the caduceus in Newton's alchemical writings
• ⯚, a stylized caduceus used as a modern symbol for the asteroid (10) Hygiea