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is there a Unicode character for Copy and Paste?

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Are there Unicode characters that represent Copy and Paste? Perhaps in Unicode 6?

(there are scissor symbols that can be used fittingly to represent Cut (e.g. ✂ U+2702) but i could never find one to represent Copy or Paste.)

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Xah Lee Avatar asked Jan 03 '12 16:01

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2 Answers

How about this: &#x2398 = ⎘ which looks kind of like a copy from clipboard.

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Xeoncross Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 04:09

Xeoncross


For Paste, the CLIPBOARD symbol (U+1F4CB) would be likely;
📋

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Timothy Nelson Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 04:09

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