The medical symbol commonly refers to the Unicode character U+2695 STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS, a visible standalone sign showing a staff with a single serpent. In emoji systems it is an emoji-capable character: by default it typically has text presentation, and U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 may be appended to request colorful emoji styling, while U+FE0E requests a plain text glyph. It is not a modifier or joining character and does not create compound emojis via ZWJ or regional indicator sequences; it generally appears by itself as a symbol. On Apple/iOS and most modern platforms, U+2695 followed by U+FE0F renders as a color emoji, while the base character without VS-16 often appears in a monochrome text style; if the emoji font is missing, a fallback text glyph (or an empty box) may appear.
The design represents the Rod of Asclepius, associated with medicine and healing, and is widely used for hospitals, clinics, health apps, and medical content. It is often confused with U+2624 CADUCEUS (two snakes and wings), which has a different origin and meaning. Because it is a standard Unicode symbol, it works in plain text as well as in emoji contexts, making it suitable for UI labels, signage icons, and health-related messages. Developers commonly control its appearance with variation selectors to ensure consistent text or emoji presentation across platforms.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1324 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Staff of Aesculapius |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 Code |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ⚕ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ⚕ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ⚕ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ⚕ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 2695 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2695 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9877 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9A 0x95 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9A 95 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 232 225 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2695 |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2695 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9877 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002695 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2695 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9877 |
| Python Src | u"\u2695" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9a\x95" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2695" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ⚕️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ⚕️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ⚕ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ⚕ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 2695, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2695, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9877, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9A 0x95, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9A 95, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 232 225, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2695, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2695, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9877, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002695 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2695, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9877, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\u2695\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9a\x95\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2695\uFE0F" |
