Unicode in Github markdown

Question

I just made a failed attempt to put unicode in Github markdown (in a README.md file) in my project.

I tried this:

(U+262E)

but it was not interpreted as unicode. Is there a way to put unicode characters in Github markdown?

Solution 1

I believe the correct answer is to use unicode characters of the following (decimal) form

►
˿
ॠ

the above become:

► ˿ ॠ

Try it for yourself on Github and see. You have to paste the raw character strings, not the unicode symbol itself. It's not about what shows up in your editor, it's what actually displays on github.com.

Solution 2

There's no special syntax, just use the character directly... ☮.

Solution 3

You can use either decimal or hex code point or HTML entity name (if exists) of a unicode character:

€ € €

displays as

€ € €

Solution 4

Using visual studio code Ver.1.62.2, α β Α Β was correctly rendered in markdown preview window.

Solution 5

This is not the complete answer that OP was asking for, but in case you want emojis for GitHub purposes there is a gist here outlining how to input them. The basic idea is just that you would input :smile: into your markdown and that would produce a smiley face. Other commands are listed in the gist

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