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EDIT The Staff of Hermes , also known as caduceus (kerykeion in Greek) is a symbol for commerce and commercial transactions. It is associated with Hermes, in ancient Greek mythology the god of travelers, shepherds, commerce, thieves (and more). The staff used to be a herald\\\'s staff with two white ribbons attached that evolved into serpents coiled around it. Hermes is usually pictured with a winged helmet and shoes, hence the wings on the staff. The glyph shown here omits the serpents but features a winged wheel.

The caduceus is frequently confused with the staff of Asclepius (U+2695). The staff of Asclepius has only one serpent coiled around it and is carried by Asclepius, the demigod of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

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U+2624
CADUCEUS

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STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS


01	CODE POINT VALUE: : : : :	269A
02	NAME (UNICODE NAME) : : :	STAFF OF HERMES
03	GENERAL CATEGORY: : : : :	Symbol, Other
04	COMBINING CLASS : : : : :	Spacing, split, enclosing, reordrant, and Tibetan subjoined
05	BIDIRECTIONAL CATEGORY: :	Other Neutrals
06	DECOMPOSITION MAPPING : :	-
07	DECIMAL DIGIT VALUE : : :	-
08	DIGIT VALUE : : : : : : :	-
09	NUMERIC VALUE : : : : : :	-
10	MIRRORED: : : : : : : : :	No
11	UNICODE 1.0 NAME: : : : :	STAFF OF HERMES
12	ISO 10646 COMMENT FIELD :	-


13	UPPERCASE MAPPING : : : :	-
14	LOWERCASE MAPPING : : : :	-
15	TITLECASE MAPPING : : : :	-
16	DECIMAL VALUE : : : : : :	9882
17	UTF-8 HEX VALUE : : : : :	0xE29A9A
18	UTF-16 HEX VALUE: : : : :	0x269A
19	UTF-32 HEX VALUE: : : : :	0x0000269A
20	XHTML : : : : : : : : : :	&#9882
21	BLOCK : : : : : : : : : :	Miscellaneous Symbols
22	PLANE : : : : : : : : : :	Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP)
23	STROKE NUMBER : : : : : :	-
24	RADICAL : : : : : : : : :	-