medical symbol Emoji
⚕️ · U+2695 U+FE0F · Emoji 4.0
What does the medical symbol emoji mean?
When discussing health or medicine, individuals often reach for the ⚕️ symbol, which represents a medical professional or a healthcare facility, and is defined as a stylized representation of the Rod of Asclepius, an ancient Greek symbol associated with medicine and healing. This symbol is used to signify medical treatment, care, or services, and can also be used figuratively to represent a cure or remedy for a problem. In slang, the ⚕️ symbol may be used to jokingly refer to a hangover cure or a quick fix for a non-medical issue.
medical symbol emoji examples
- just got my flu shot ⚕️
- need a coffee iv drip ⚕️ stat
How to copy the medical symbol emoji
To use the medical symbol 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+2695 U+FE0F), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
medical symbol emoji on different platforms
How the medical symbol emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji). See image credits.


medical symbol Emoji Details
| Emoji | ⚕️ |
| Name | medical symbol |
| Category | Symbols |
| Codepoints | U+2695 U+FE0F |
| Shortcode | :medical_symbol: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 4.0 (2016) |
medical symbol Emoji FAQ
It is U+2695 U+FE0F, added in Emoji 4.0 (2016). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :medical_symbol:.
People also search for the medical symbol emoji as aesculapius, medical, medicine, staff, symbol.