Technical information

Symbol
NameStaff of aesculapius
Unicode numberU+2695
CategoryReligious and political symbolsMedical and healing symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⚕, or U+2695, is known as the "Staff of Aesculapius". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of the staff entwined by a snake, which is a symbol associated with the Greek god Asclepius who is a deity associated with healing and medicinal arts in Greek mythology. It is widely used in the medical field as a symbol of medicine and healthcare. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity⚕
HTML Entity (hex)⚕
URL Escape Code%E2%9A%95
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9A 0x95
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011010:10010101
UTF-160x2695
UTF-320x00002695

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2695"
CSS Code\2695
JavaScript"\u2695"
Perl\x{2695}
Python 2u"\u2695"
Python 3\u2695
Ruby\u{2695}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⚕ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9877;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2695";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References