! Package inputenc Error: Unicode character ☯ (U+262F)

Question

I encountered this error while trying to compile my thesis. Before I did not have this error.

Any idea how I can find this Unicode character in my LaTeX document, or solve this issue?

Answer 1

to more easily find it add

\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{262F}{YIN YANG HERE!!!!!}

to your preamble, and search the output for that text. If you want it to display then find a yinyang.pdf image and do something like

\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{262F}{\includegraphics[height=1ex]{yinyang}}

Answer 2

Here is a solution with TikZ:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz,blindtext}
\newcommand{\yingyang}{\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.3,baseline=-.1cm]
                            \draw[thick,fill=black] circle(1);
                            \fill[white] (0,-.5) circle(.1);
                            \fill[white] (0,-1) arc(-90:-270:.5) arc(-90:90:.5) arc(90:270:1) -- cycle;
                            \fill[black] (0,.5) circle(.1);
                        \end{tikzpicture}
                       }
\begin{document}
    \blindtext\yingyang\blindtext\yingyang
\end{document}

And here is the output:

EDIT: Just type [… ,rotate=-90] to get your desired yin-yang-character.