# ☯️ Yin yang emoji

☯️ Yin yang is an emoji in the religion set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: difficult, lives, religion, tao, taoist and total.

- Emoji: ☯️
- Unicode name: yin yang
- Code points: U+262F U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Religion
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :yin_yang:
- Keywords: difficult, lives, religion, tao, taoist, total, yang, yin, yinyang
- Page: https://emojichart.com/yin-yang-emoji

## What it means

A circle divided into black and white swirling halves, each holding a dot of the other color. Rooted in Chinese philosophy and Taoism, it stands for balance between opposite forces. People use it for harmony, duality and inner calm.

## How to type ☯️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | yin yang | religión, taoísmo, yang, yin |
| Français (fr) | yin yang | complémentaire, religion, tao, taoïsme, yang, yin |
| Deutsch (de) | Yin und Yang | Daoismus, Religion, Yang, Yin, Yin und Yang |
| Italiano (it) | Yin e Yang | Confucianesimo, religione, simbolo, Taoismo, Yin e Yang |
| Português (pt) | yin yang | religião, tao, taoista, taoistas, yang, yin, yin-yang |
| Nederlands (nl) | yin en yang | leven, moeilijk, religie, tao, taoist, totaal, yang, yin, yin en yang |
| Svenska (sv) | yin och yang | religion, tao, taoist, yang, yin, yin och yang |
| Polski (pl) | yin-yang | religia, tao, taoizm, yang, yin, yin-yang |
| Türkçe (tr) | yin yang | din, tao, taocu, yang, yin |
| Русский (ru) | инь-ян | вера, инь, инь-ян, инь-янь, религия, символ, тао, таоизм, ян, янь |
| Українська (uk) | інь-ян | дао, даосизм, інь, інь-ян, релігія, янь |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γιν γιανγκ | γιανγκ, γιν, δύσκολα, θρησκεία, τάο, ταοϊστικός |
| العربية (ar) | نصفان متكاملان | تكامل, دين, رمز, صعب, نصفان متكاملان |
| עברית (he) | יין-יאנג | דאו, דאואיזם, דאואיסט, דת, טאו, יין ויאנג |
| فارسی (fa) | یین و ینگ | تائو, مذهب, یانگ, یین, یین و ینگ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | यिंग यांग | ताओ, ताओवादी, धर्म, यांग, यिंग |
| বাংলা (bn) | ইন ইয়াঙ্গ | ইন, ইন ইয়াঙ্গ, ইন ইয়ান, ইয়াং, কঠিন, জীবন, তাও, তাওবাদী, ধর্ম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | yin yang | agama, sulit, susah, tao, taoisme, total, yang, yin, yinyang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | âm dương | âm, đạo, dương, người theo đạo, tôn giáo |
| ไทย (th) | หยินหยาง | เต๋า, ลัทธิ, หยินหยาง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 陰陽 | インヤン, 宗教, 道教, 陰陽 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 음양 | 도교, 둘다, 모두 아닌, 삶, 양, 어려운, 음, 음양, 종교 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 阴阳 | 太极, 宗教, 道, 道教, 阳, 阴, 阴阳 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 陰陽 | 陰陽 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): jin-jang
- Akan (ak): yin yang
- Albanian (sq): jin jang
- Amharic (am): ዩን ያንግ
- Armenian (hy): ին յան
- Assamese (as): য়িন য়াং
- Azerbaijani (az): in yan
- Bashkir (ba): инь-ян
- Basque (eu): yin eta yang
- Belarusian (be): інь і ян
- Bosnian (bs): jin jang
- Breton (br): yin yang
- Bulgarian (bg): ин и ян
- Burmese (my): ယင်ယန်း
- Cantonese (yue): 陰陽
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 阴阳
- Catalan (ca): yin-yang
- Cherokee (chr): ᏱᏂ ᏰᎾᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): иь-ян
- Croatian (hr): jin i jang
- Czech (cs): jin a jang
- Danish (da): yin og yang
- Estonian (et): yin-yang
- Faroese (fo): jin yang
- Filipino (fil): yin yang
- Finnish (fi): jin ja jang
- Galician (gl): yin-yang
- Georgian (ka): ინი და იანი
- Gujarati (gu): યિન યાંગ
- Hausa (ha): alamar yin yang
- Hungarian (hu): jin-jang
- Icelandic (is): jin jang
- Igbo (ig): yin yang
- Irish (ga): yin yang
- Javanese (jv): yinyang
- Kalaallisut (kl): yin og yang
- Kannada (kn): ಯಿನ್ ಯಾಂಗ್
- Kazakh (kk): инь-ян белгісі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ين-يان بەلگىسى
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាយិននិងយ៉ាង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): yini yangi
- Konkani (kok): यीन यांग
- Kyrgyz (ky): Инь-ян
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): kojb’al yin kojb’al yang
- Lao (lo): ຢິນຢາງ
- Latvian (lv): iņ un jaņ
- Lithuanian (lt): In ir Jang
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): jin a jang
- Luxembourgish (lb): Yin-Yang
- Macedonian (mk): јин јанг
- Malay (ms): yin yang
- Malayalam (ml): യിൻ യാങ്
- Maltese (mt): yin yang
- Marathi (mr): यिन यांग
- Mongolian (mn): арга билиг
- Māori (mi): yin yang
- Nepali (ne): यिन याङ्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Yin Yang
- Northern Sotho (nso): yin yang
- Norwegian (no): yin yang
- Odia (or): ୟିଙ୍ଗ ୟାଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): yiin yaang
- Pashto (ps): ین یانگ
- Punjabi (pa): ਯਿਨ ਯੈਂਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): یِن یانگ
- Quechua (qu): yin yang
- Romanian (ro): yin yang
- Romansh (rm): yin e yang
- Sardinian (sc): yin e yang
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): Ying Yang
- Serbian (sr): јин и јанг
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): jin i jang
- Shan (shn): ယိင်းယၢင်း
- Sindhi (sd): ين يينگ
- Sinhala (si): යින් යැන්
- Slovak (sk): jin a jang
- Slovenian (sl): jin jang
- Somali (so): diinta Shiinaha ee yin yang
- Swahili (sw): yin yang
- Tajik (tg): йин янг
- Tamil (ta): யின் யாங்
- Telugu (te): యిన్ యాంగ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ዪን ያንግ
- Tongan (to): ingi-iangi
- Tswana (tn): yin yang
- Turkmen (tk): ýin ýang
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): jin a jang
- Urdu (ur): ین یینگ
- Uyghur (ug): يىن ياڭ
- Uzbek (uz): yin yang
- Welsh (cy): yin yang
- Wolof (wo): yin yang
- Xhosa (xh): i-yin yang
- Yoruba (yo): yínì yángì
- Zulu (zu): yin yang

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+262F U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `☯️` |
| CSS | `\262F\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{262F}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u262F\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 98 AF EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `262F FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%98%AF%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ☯️ yin yang emoji mean?

A circle divided into black and white swirling halves, each holding a dot of the other color. Rooted in Chinese philosophy and Taoism, it stands for balance between opposite forces. People use it for harmony, duality and inner calm.

### How do I type the ☯️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “yin yang”. 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 :yin_yang:.

### When was the ☯️ emoji added?

☯️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

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

U+262F U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ☯️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{262F}\u{FE0F}.

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