# \maltese

The ✠ symbol (Maltese cross, U+2720), written as \maltese in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/maltese

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Letter-like symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/letter-like) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ✠ |
| Unicode | U+2720 MALTESE CROSS |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\maltese
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 325 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2720 (MALTESE CROSS).