medical symbol
A staff with a single snake coiled around it, widely recognized as a symbol of medicine and healthcare
Meaning
A staff with a single snake coiled around it, widely recognized as a symbol of medicine and healthcare. It commonly appears in medical contexts: on signs, packaging, apps, or messages about doctors, hospitals, treatment, and health services. In conversation it often conveys medical topics, illness, appointments, or professional healthcare rather than personal emotion. It can also mark pharmacy or emergency information. Because it resembles the caduceus, a staff with two snakes, the two are sometimes confused; usage varies, and the symbol may appear in commercial or general wellness contexts beyond clinical medicine.
Medical symbol — Approved as part of Emoji 4.0 in 2016.
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Unicode data
U+2695 U+FE0Fmedical symbolE2 9A 95 EF B8 8FShortcodes
:medical_symbol:HTML & CSS
⚕️⚕️\2695 \FE0F Languages
\u{2695}\u{FE0F}\u2695\uFE0F\x{2695}\x{FE0F}\u{2695}\u{FE0F}Encodings
xn--t7h6299e%E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8FFrequently asked
What does ⚕️ medical symbol mean?
A staff with a single snake coiled around it, widely recognized as a symbol of medicine and healthcare. It commonly appears in medical contexts: on signs, packaging, apps, or messages about doctors, hospitals, treatment, and health services. In conversation it often conveys medical topics, illness, appointments, or professional healthcare rather than personal emotion. It can also mark pharmacy or emergency information. Because it resembles the caduceus, a staff with two snakes, the two are sometimes confused; usage varies, and the symbol may appear in commercial or general wellness contexts beyond clinical medicine.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ⚕️ medical symbol?
U+2695 U+FE0F (Unicode 9.0, 2016) · :medical_symbol:
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