Medical symbol emoji ⚕️
Emoji 4.0 (2016) · U+2695 U+FE0F
What ⚕️ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ⚕️ are aesculapius, medical, medicine, staff, symbol. They show what people use it for.
Search for aesculapius or medical on your emoji keyboard and ⚕️ is among the results.
You will find ⚕️ among the other symbols (22 emoji), part of symbols with 224 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ♻️ ⚜️ 🔱 📛.
Will ⚕️ show on my friend's phone?
⚕️ has been around since Emoji 4.0 (2016), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type ⚕️
Search for medical symbol in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ⚕️.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type medical symbol.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type medical symbol in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type medical symbol.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ⚕️ is 2 code points (U+2695 U+FE0F), 6 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+2695 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⚕️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⚕️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2695 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2695\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9A 95 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⚕️ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | medical symbol |
| Português | símbolo da medicina |
| Español | símbolo de medicina |
| Italiano | simbolo della medicina |
| Français | caducée |
| Deutsch | Äskulapstab |
| Türkçe | tıp sembolü |
| Bahasa Indonesia | simbol kedokteran |
| Polski | symbol medycyny |
| Русский | медицинский символ |
| 日本語 | 医療のシンボル |
| 한국어 | 의학 기호 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the medical symbol emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⚕️ "medical symbol" and links it with aesculapius, medical, medicine, staff. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the other symbols subgroup of symbols.
When was the medical symbol emoji added?
In Emoji 4.0, released in 2016. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the medical symbol emoji?
Search for medical symbol in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ⚕️.