Wheel of dharma emoji ☸️
Emoji 0.7 (2014) · U+2638 U+FE0F
What ☸️ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ☸️ are Buddhist, dharma, religion, wheel. They show what people use it for.
Search for Buddhist or dharma on your emoji keyboard and ☸️ is among the results.
You will find ☸️ among the religion (13 emoji), part of symbols with 224 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ☯️ ✝️ ☦️ ☪️.
Will ☸️ show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: ☸️ is part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type ☸️
Search for wheel of dharma in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ☸️.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type wheel of dharma.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type wheel of dharma in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type wheel of dharma.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ☸️ is 2 code points (U+2638 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+2638 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ☸️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ☸️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2638 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2638\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%98%B8%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 B8 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 | wheel of dharma |
| Português | roda do Dharma |
| Español | rueda del dharma |
| Italiano | ruota del Dharma |
| Français | roue du Dharma |
| Deutsch | Dharma-Rad |
| Türkçe | darma çemberi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | roda dharma |
| Polski | koło dharmy |
| Русский | колесо дхармы |
| 日本語 | 法輪 |
| 한국어 | 진리의 수레바퀴 |
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What does the wheel of dharma emoji mean?
Unicode calls ☸️ "wheel of dharma" and links it with Buddhist, dharma, religion, wheel. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the religion subgroup of symbols.
When was the wheel of dharma emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the wheel of dharma emoji?
Search for wheel of dharma in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ☸️.