0x2608

0x2608 is a hexadecimal literal used in many programming languages to denote the base-16 value 9736. The prefix 0x signals that the digits that follow are expressed in hexadecimal rather than decimal. In software development, such literals are commonly used to represent numeric constants, bitmasks, memory addresses, or encoded data, with the exact interpretation determined by the surrounding code or data format.

If interpreted as a Unicode code point, 0x2608 corresponds to the character U+2608. This code point sits in the Miscellaneous Symbols block of Unicode, a range that includes various weather and celestial icons. The visible glyph for U+2608 depends on the font and rendering system, so the symbol may appear differently across platforms.

In source code, 0x2608 is treated as a hexadecimal numeric literal. In languages that support hex notation (such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, and Python), 0x2608 evaluates to the decimal value 9736. If a library maps the code point U+2608 to a character, it can be represented as a symbol rather than a numeric value.

Because hexadecimal literals are ubiquitous in computing, 0x2608 can serve as an example of how a single literal can represent different concepts depending on context (numeric value, code point, or glyph).