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 w

Answer 1

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