Peace Symbol

☮️ is the peace symbol emoji, part of Unicode's Symbols group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “healing” and “peaceful”.

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Faith, holidays, and religious observance

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: PEACE SYMBOL
CLDR short name: peace symbol
Codepoint: U+262E U+FE0F
Hex: 262E FE0F
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: Symbols
Unicode subgroup: religion
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.

:peace_symbol:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

healing · peace · peaceful · symbol

How it looks

Peace Symbol — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Peace 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

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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 ☮️ peace symbol emoji mean?: ☮️ is the peace symbol emoji, part of Unicode's Symbols group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “healing” and “peaceful”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for ☮️?: U+262E U+FE0F: the character U+262E (PEACE SYMBOL) followed by U+FE0F, variation selector-16, which asks for the colour emoji form. Without U+FE0F many systems draw U+262E as a plain text symbol.
When was the ☮️ peace symbol emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. 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 “peace 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 :peace_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.