Googleマテリアルアイコンを文字コード(UTF-16)を指定して(CSSで)使う方法

・css
div.search_icon { background: #9b59b6; color: #fff; padding: 8px; margin: 10px 0; text-align: center; width: 200px; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 5px; position: relative; } div.search_icon:after { position: absolute; color: #fff; content: "\e8b6"; top: 10px; right: 8px; position: absolute; color: #fff; content: "\e8b6"; top: 8px; right: 8px; /* 以下は Google の指定通り */ font-family: 'Material Icons'; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 24px; /* Preferred icon size */ display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; line-height: 1; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; font-feature-settings: 'liga'; }・html
<div class="search_icon">検 索</div>・demo
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