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Medical Symbol emoji ⚕️

⚕️ is the Medical Symbol emoji, in Symbols. It arrived in Emoji 4.0 (2016). People look for it with words like staff, of, aesculapius, health, hospital.

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:medical_symbol:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

Every code for ⚕️

NameMedical Symbol
Shortcodes:medical_symbol::staff_of_aesculapius:
CategorySymbols
Emoji versionEmoji 4.0 (2016)
Keywordsstaff, of, aesculapius, health, hospital
Code pointsU+2695 U+FE0F
HTML⚕️
CSS\2695\FE0F
JavaScript\u{2695}\u{FE0F}
Python\u2695\ufe0f
UTF-8 bytesE2 9A 95 EF B8 8F
URL encoded%E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F

How to type ⚕️

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :medical_symbol: in any text box and it turns into ⚕️.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "medical symbol" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "medical symbol" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "medical symbol".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "medical symbol".
HTMLWrite ⚕️ in the page source.

Questions

About ⚕️

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ⚕️ mean?
⚕️ is the Medical Symbol emoji, in Symbols. It arrived in Emoji 4.0 (2016). People look for it with words like staff, of, aesculapius, health, hospital.
What is the shortcode for ⚕️?
:medical_symbol: (also :staff_of_aesculapius:). With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ⚕️ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "medical symbol". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ⚕️?
U+2695 U+FE0F, added in Emoji 4.0 (2016). In HTML write ⚕️, in CSS "\2695\FE0F", and in JavaScript "\u{2695}\u{FE0F}".

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