⚕️ Medical Symbol
Copy and paste this emoji: ⚕️
Emoji Meaning
1
A staff wrapped by a serpent — the iconic medical emblem commonly used to represent healthcare and medical services.
2
This emoji is known as Aesculapius (the Rod of Asclepius) — a classic medical symbol. It shows a staff with a snake coiled around it. In many countries it’s used to represent the medical world: hospitals, pharmacies.
Pair it with the in a medical mask 😷 or the doctor 👨⚕️ emojis to let friends know you’re sick or to describe your illness and how you’re feeling.
Also Known As
- ⚕️ Aesculapius
- ⚕️ Asklepios
- ⚕️ Rod of Asclepius
Apple Name
- ⚕️ Staff of Aesculapius
Unicode Name
- ⚕️ Staff of Aesculapius
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
⚕️ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+2695 U+FE0F
Shortcodes
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- Slack
For developers
| URL escape code | %E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F |
| Punycode | xn--t7h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | E2 9A 95 EF B8 8F |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \u2695\uFE0F |
| C, C++, Python | \u2695\uFE0F |
| CSS | \2695 \FE0F |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{2695}\u{FE0F} |
| Perl | \x{2695}\x{FE0F} |
| HTML hex | ⚕️ |
| HTML dec | ⚕️ |