Symbols

Symbols collects 224 emoji on EmojiSelect — the transport signs, warnings, arrows, religious symbols, zodiac signs, AV symbols, gender marks, math signs, punctuation, currency marks and keycaps that make up emoji's signposting system. It is the most literal category: most of its characters began life as typographic symbols before they were adopted into emoji, and many have codepoints that predate emoji by decades.

About this category

That typographic heritage is useful. A ✅ or a ⚠️ behaves like punctuation with a picture; arrows point, hearts rate, stars score. This is also the category where our developer tools shine: every symbol page carries HTML entities, codepoints, and the full set of copy formats, because symbols are the emoji developers actually embed in interfaces.

The 224 entries are ordered by subcategory — transport signs, warnings, arrows, religion, zodiac, AV, gender, math, punctuation, currency, keycaps, alphanumerics and geometric shapes — and each one links to its detail page with every copy format and the related emoji that share its meaning.

224 Emoji14 subcategories

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Popular emoji

224 Emoji

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wheelchair symbol

men’s room

ATM sign

litter in bin sign

potable water

women’s room

restroom

baby symbol

water closet

passport control

customs

baggage claim

left luggage

warning

children crossing

no entry

prohibited

no bicycles

no smoking

no littering

non-potable water

no pedestrians

no mobile phones

no one under eighteen

Browse by subcategory

14 subcategories · 224 Emoji in this category

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Alphanumeric

39 Emoji

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input latin uppercase

input latin lowercase

input numbers

input symbols

input latin letters

A button (blood type)

AB button (blood type)

B button (blood type)

CL button

COOL button

FREE button

OK button

information

ID button

circled M

NEW button

NG button

O button (blood type)

P button

SOS button

UP! button

VS button

Japanese “here” button

Japanese “service charge” button

Japanese “monthly amount” button

Japanese “not free of charge” button

Japanese “reserved” button

Japanese “bargain” button

Japanese “discount” button

Japanese “free of charge” button

Japanese “prohibited” button

Japanese “acceptable” button

Japanese “application” button

Japanese “passing grade” button

Japanese “vacancy” button

Japanese “congratulations” button

Japanese “secret” button

Japanese “open for business” button

Japanese “no vacancy” button

Geometric

34 Emoji

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blue circle

purple circle

red circle

orange circle

yellow circle

green circle

brown circle

black circle

white circle

red square

orange square

yellow square

green square

blue square

purple square

brown square

black large square

white large square

black medium square

white medium square

black medium-small square

white medium-small square

black small square

white small square

large orange diamond

large blue diamond

small orange diamond

small blue diamond

red triangle pointed up

red triangle pointed down

diamond with a dot

radio button

white square button

black square button

AV symbols

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shuffle tracks button

repeat button

repeat single button

play button

fast-forward button

next track button

play or pause button

reverse button

fast reverse button

last track button

upwards button

fast up button

downwards button

fast down button

pause button

stop button

record button

eject button

cinema

dim button

bright button

antenna bars

wireless

vibration mode

mobile phone off

Other symbols

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medical symbol

recycling symbol

fleur-de-lis

trident emblem

name badge

Japanese symbol for beginner

hollow red circle

check mark button

check box with check

check mark

cross mark

cross mark button

curly loop

double curly loop

part alternation mark

eight-spoked asterisk

eight-pointed star

sparkle

registered

trade mark

splatter

Arrows

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up arrow

up-right arrow

right arrow

down-right arrow

down arrow

down-left arrow

left arrow

up-left arrow

ON! arrow

up-down arrow

left-right arrow

right arrow curving left

left arrow curving right

right arrow curving up

right arrow curving down

clockwise vertical arrows

counterclockwise arrows button

BACK arrow

END arrow

SOON arrow

TOP arrow

Transport signs

13 Emoji

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wheelchair symbol

men’s room

ATM sign

litter in bin sign

potable water

women’s room

restroom

baby symbol

water closet

passport control

customs

baggage claim

left luggage

Warnings

13 Emoji

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warning

children crossing

no entry

prohibited

no bicycles

no smoking

no littering

non-potable water

no pedestrians

no mobile phones

no one under eighteen

radioactive

biohazard

Religion

13 Emoji

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wheel of dharma

place of worship

atom symbol

star of David

yin yang

latin cross

orthodox cross

star and crescent

peace symbol

menorah

dotted six-pointed star

khanda

Zodiac

13 Emoji

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Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

Ophiuchus

Keycaps

13 Emoji

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keycap: #

keycap: *

keycap: 10

keycap: 0

keycap: 1

keycap: 2

keycap: 3

keycap: 4

keycap: 5

keycap: 6

keycap: 7

keycap: 8

keycap: 9

Punctuation

7 Emoji

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double exclamation mark

exclamation question mark

red question mark

white question mark

white exclamation mark

red exclamation mark

wavy dash

Math

6 Emoji

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multiply

plus

minus

divide

heavy equals sign

infinity

Gender

3 Emoji

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female sign

male sign

transgender symbol

Currency

2 Emoji

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currency exchange

heavy dollar sign

Why it matters

Symbols do interface work. They mark status (🟢🔴), express judgment (✅❌), navigate (⬅️➡️), and score (⭐). Because the same mark can be a text-style symbol or an emoji depending on variation selectors, we document the difference between U+2705 and a plain check mark on every relevant page. Many of these codepoints predate emoji entirely — the black heart suit U+2665 has existed since Unicode 1.1 (1993), decades before the emoji heart that borrows it.

Highlights

Arrows and navigation: ⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️ plus corners and diagonals form a complete direction set.

Status and judgment: ✅❌⚠️⛔ communicate verdicts at a glance.

Stars and ratings: ⭐🌟💫 do scoring work across reviews and messages alike.

Zodiac and religion: ♈ to ♓ and ☪️✝️🕉️ carry identity and timing — birthday months are written in zodiac signs across a huge share of social bios.

How people use them

Marking a task done: ✅ on its own.

Warning a teammate: ⚠️ before the sentence.

Rating an experience: "Five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐."

Navigating a thread: "See below ⬇️."

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