# ⚕️ Medical symbol emoji

⚕️ Medical symbol is an emoji in the other symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016. Related words: aesculapius, medicine and staff.

- Emoji: ⚕️
- Unicode name: medical symbol
- Code points: U+2695 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Other symbols
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :medical_symbol:
- Keywords: aesculapius, medical, medicine, staff, symbol
- Page: https://emojichart.com/medical-symbol-emoji

## What it means

The Staff of Asclepius, a rod with a single snake coiled around it, a long-standing emblem of medicine and healing. People use it for doctors, hospitals, health care and medical topics, and it also appears in the health worker emoji.

## Emoji that include ⚕️

- 🧑‍⚕️ [Health worker](https://emojichart.com/health-worker-emoji.md)
- 👨‍⚕️ [Man health worker](https://emojichart.com/man-health-worker-emoji.md)
- 👩‍⚕️ [Woman health worker](https://emojichart.com/woman-health-worker-emoji.md)

## How to type ⚕️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “medical symbol”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “medical symbol”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “medical symbol”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “medical symbol”.
- GitHub: Type :medical_symbol: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | símbolo de medicina | asclepio, esculapio, medicina, serpiente, símbolo de medicina |
| Français (fr) | caducée | caducée, docteur, Esculape, médecine, personnel |
| Deutsch (de) | Äskulapstab | Apotheke, Arznei, Asklepiosstab, Äskulapstab, Medizin |
| Italiano (it) | simbolo della medicina | bastone di esculapio, medicina, medico, simbolo della medicina |
| Português (pt) | símbolo da medicina | bastão de asclépio, esculápio, medicina, símbolo, símbolo da medicina |
| Nederlands (nl) | esculaap | esculaap, medicijnen, medisch, staf, symbool |
| Svenska (sv) | medicinsk symbol | aesculapius, medicin, medicinsk symbol, personal |
| Polski (pl) | symbol medycyny | eskulap, laska, medycyna, symbol, symbol medycyny |
| Türkçe (tr) | tıp sembolü | Asklepios, medikal sembol, medikal sembolü, personel, tıbbi sembol, tıp, tıp çalışanı, tıp sembolü |
| Русский (ru) | медицинский символ | аптека, асклепий, врачевание, жезл, лекарства, лекарство, лечение, медицина, медицинский символ, посох, посох со змеей |
| Українська (uk) | символ медицини | ескулап, медицина, медичний символ, персонал, символ медицини |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ιατρικό σύμβολο | Ασκληπιός, ιατρική, ιατρικό σύμβολο, προσωπικό, ράβδος, σύμβολο, φάρμακα |
| العربية (ar) | رمز طبي | رمز, رمز طبي, صيدلية, طب, فريق, فريق طبي |
| עברית (he) | סמל הרפואה | אל הרפואה במיתולוגיה היוונית והרומית, אסקלפיוס, סמל הרפואה, רפואה |
| فارسی (fa) | نماد پزشکی | چوبدست اسقلبیوس, عصای آسکِلِپیوس, مار و عصا, نماد پزشکی, نماد مار و عصا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | चिकित्सा प्रतीक | कर्मचारी, चिकित्सा, चिकित्सा प्रतीक |
| বাংলা (bn) | চিকিৎসার চিহ্ন | অ্যাসক্লিপিয়স, ওষুধ, ঔযদ, ঔষধ, চিকিৎসা, চিকিৎসার চিহ্ন, স্টাফ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | simbol kedokteran | aesculapius, apotek, kedokteran, kesehatan, lambang, simbol, tanda, tongkat |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | biểu tượng y tế | biểu tượng y tế, cán bộ, rắn thần, y học |
| ไทย (th) | เครื่องหมายการแพทย์ | การแพทย์, คทางูไขว้, เครื่องหมายการแพทย์, ไม้เท้า, แอสคูลาปิอุส |
| 日本語 (ja) | 医療のシンボル | アスクレピオスの杖, 医療, 医療のシンボル, 医者, 治療 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 의학 기호 | 아이스쿨라피우스, 의술의 신, 의학, 의학 기호, 직원 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 医疗标志 | 医学, 医疗, 医疗标志, 蛇杖, 阿斯克勒庇俄斯, 阿斯克勒庇俄斯蛇杖 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 醫療符號 | 醫學, 醫療, 醫療符號, 醫藥 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): mediese simbool
- Akan (ak): ayarehwɛ ahyɛnsodeɛ
- Albanian (sq): simboli mjekësor
- Amharic (am): የመድሃኒት ምልክት
- Armenian (hy): բժշկության խորհրդանիշ
- Assamese (as): চিকিৎসা-সম্বন্ধীয় চিহ্ন
- Azerbaijani (az): tibb işarəsi
- Bashkir (ba): медицина символы
- Basque (eu): ikur medikoa
- Belarusian (be): медыцынскі сімвал
- Bosnian (bs): medicinski simbol
- Breton (br): naerwialenn
- Bulgarian (bg): символ за медицина
- Burmese (my): ဆေးဘက်ဆိုင်ရာ သင်္ကေတ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): symbole la médecine
- Cantonese (yue): 醫療符號
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 医疗符号
- Catalan (ca): símbol mèdic
- Cherokee (chr): ᏅᏬᏘ ᎤᏙᏢᎭ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 蛇杖
- Chuvash (cv): медицина символӗ
- Croatian (hr): simbol medicine
- Czech (cs): znak medicíny
- Danish (da): medicinsymbol
- Estonian (et): meditsiinisümbol
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): símbolo médico
- Faroese (fo): læknavísind symbol
- Filipino (fil): simbolong pang-medikal
- Finnish (fi): lääketieteen symboli
- Galician (gl): símbolo da medicina
- Georgian (ka): სამედიცინო ნიშანი
- Gujarati (gu): મેડિકલ સિમ્બલ
- Hausa (ha): alamar kula da lafiya
- Hungarian (hu): orvosi szimbólum
- Icelandic (is): lækningamerki
- Igbo (ig): ọdịmara ngwaọrụ ụlọ ọgwụ
- Irish (ga): siombail leighis
- Javanese (jv): tandha medhis
- Kalaallisut (kl): medicinsymbol
- Kannada (kn): ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ
- Kazakh (kk): медицина таңбасы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مەديسينا تاڭباسى
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាពេទ្យ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikimenyetso cy’ubuvuzi
- Konkani (kok): वैद्यकीय चिन्न
- Kyrgyz (ky): эскулап белгиси
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): etal rech kunanem
- Lao (lo): ສັນຍາລັກການຢາ
- Latvian (lv): medicīnas simbols
- Lithuanian (lt): medicinos simbolis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gójcojski symbol
- Luxembourgish (lb): medezinescht Symbol
- Macedonian (mk): медицински симбол
- Malay (ms): simbol perubatan
- Malayalam (ml): മെഡിക്കൽ അടയാളം
- Maltese (mt): simbolu mediku
- Marathi (mr): वैद्यकीय चिन्ह
- Mongolian (mn): эмнэлгийн тэмдэг
- Māori (mi): tohu rongoā
- Nepali (ne): चिकित्सीय चिन्ह
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mẹ́díkál Sain
- Northern Sotho (nso): leswao la kalafo
- Norwegian (no): legesymbol
- Odia (or): ଡାକ୍ତରୀ ସଙ୍କେତ
- Oromo (om): mallattoo meedikaalaa
- Pashto (ps): طبي سمبول
- Punjabi (pa): ਡਾਕਟਰੀ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): طبی علامت
- Quechua (qu): hampiq unancha
- Romanian (ro): simbol medical
- Romansh (rm): bastun d’Esculap
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): samhla meadaigeach
- Serbian (sr): медицински знак
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): medicinski znak
- Shan (shn): မိၵ်ႈမၢႆပၢႆးယႃႈယႃ
- Sindhi (sd): ميڊيڪل جي نشاني
- Sinhala (si): වෛද්‍ය සංකේතය
- Slovak (sk): lekársky symbol
- Slovenian (sl): simbol zdravstva
- Somali (so): calaamad caafimaad
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya taaluma ya matibabu
- Tajik (tg): аломати тиббӣ
- Tamil (ta): மருத்துவச் சின்னம்
- Telugu (te): వైద్య చిహ్నం
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣርማ ሕክምና
- Tongan (to): ʻilonga tōketā
- Tswana (tn): letshwao la tsa bongaka
- Turkmen (tk): lukmançylygyň nyşany
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): lěkarski symbol
- Urdu (ur): طبی علامت
- Uyghur (ug): دورا بەلگىسى
- Uzbek (uz): tibbiy ramz
- Welsh (cy): arwydd meddygol
- Wolof (wo): màndarga medsin
- Xhosa (xh): isimboli yezonyango
- Yoruba (yo): àmì egbògiogùn
- Zulu (zu): uphawu losizo lwezempilo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2695 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `⚕️` |
| CSS | `\2695\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2695}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2695\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9A 95 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2695 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ⚕️ medical symbol emoji mean?

The Staff of Asclepius, a rod with a single snake coiled around it, a long-standing emblem of medicine and healing. People use it for doctors, hospitals, health care and medical topics, and it also appears in the health worker emoji.

### How do I type the ⚕️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “medical symbol”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :medical_symbol:.

### When was the ⚕️ emoji added?

⚕️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for ⚕️?

U+2695 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⚕️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2695}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/medical-symbol-emoji