Medical Symbol

⚕️ is the medical symbol emoji, part of Unicode's Symbols group, added in Emoji 4.0 (2016). Unicode's keyword list links it with “aesculapius”, “medicine”, and “staff”.

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Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS
CLDR short name: medical symbol
Codepoint: U+2695 U+FE0F
Hex: 2695 FE0F
Emoji version: 4.0
Unicode version: 9.0
First released: 2016
Unicode group: Symbols
Unicode subgroup: other-symbol
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:medical_symbol:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

aesculapius · medical · medicine · staff · symbol

How it looks

Medical Symbol — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Medical Symbol — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders ⚕️ with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of ⚕️. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the ⚕️ medical symbol emoji mean?: ⚕️ is the medical symbol emoji, part of Unicode's Symbols group, added in Emoji 4.0 (2016). Unicode's keyword list links it with “aesculapius”, “medicine”, and “staff”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for ⚕️?: U+2695 U+FE0F: the character U+2695 (STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS) followed by U+FE0F, variation selector-16, which asks for the colour emoji form. Without U+FE0F many systems draw U+2695 as a plain text symbol.
When was the ⚕️ medical symbol emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 4.0, published in 2016, alongside Unicode 9.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type ⚕️ on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “medical symbol”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy ⚕️ from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for ⚕️?: On GitHub, type :medical_symbol: and it turns into ⚕️ — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.