gear Emoji
⚙️ · U+2699 U+FE0F · Emoji 1.0
What does the gear emoji mean?
A mechanical component, the ⚙️ gear emoji represents a cog or cogwheel, often used to symbolize machinery, tools, or technical expertise. Figuratively, it can signify a person's mental gears turning, as in thinking deeply or coming up with an idea. In slang, the gear emoji may be used to represent being in top form or working smoothly, similar to being "well-oiled". It is also used to indicate a process or system, highlighting the inner workings or mechanisms of something.
gear emoji examples
- just figured out how to fix my bike ⚙️
- my brain is finally turning the right gear ⚙️ and i have a plan
How to copy the gear emoji
To use the gear emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+2699 U+FE0F), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
gear emoji on different platforms
How the gear emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji). See image credits.
gear Emoji Details
| Emoji | ⚙️ |
| Name | gear |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+2699 U+FE0F |
| Shortcode | :gear: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 1.0 (2015) |
gear Emoji FAQ
It is U+2699 U+FE0F, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :gear:.
People also search for the gear emoji as cog, cogwheel, tool.