Staff Of Aesculapius
U+2695⚕Emoji or pictograph · decimal ⚕
Medical Symbols Copy & Paste
Browse 20 medical symbols used in professional and technical writing. Mostly drawn from the Miscellaneous Symbols block. 3 render as text and 17 as emoji.
Copy medical symbols
20 characters and sequences. Select any entry to copy the text behind it.
No match found among these entries.
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Medical Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
12 of the 20 entries, shown with their full detail. Where two entries look the same, the name settles it. The HTML references beside each name reproduce the code-point sequence character for character.
Stethoscope
U+1FA7A🩺Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🩺
Pill
U+1F48A💊Emoji or pictograph · decimal 💊
Hospital
U+1F3E5🏥Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🏥
Dna
U+1F9EC🧬Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🧬
Drop Of Blood
U+1FA78🩸Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🩸
Helmet With White Cross
U+26D1⛑Emoji or pictograph · decimal ⛑
Face With Medical Mask
U+1F637😷Emoji or pictograph · decimal 😷
Man Health Worker
U+1F468 U+200D U+2695 U+FE0F👨 ‍ ⚕ ️Emoji sequence · decimal 👨 ‍ ⚕ ️
Medical Symbol
U+2695 U+FE0F⚕ ️Emoji sequence · decimal ⚕ ️
Wheelchair Symbol + Variation Selector-16
U+267F U+FE0F♿ ️Emoji sequence · decimal ♿ ️
Staff Of Hermes
U+269A⚚Symbol · decimal ⚚
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Medical symbols and their distinct identities
Medical characters include the Staff of Aesculapius, caduceus-like forms and modern health emoji.
The Staff of Aesculapius ⚕ and caduceus ☤ are different characters with different histories. Medical, pharmacy and emergency emoji should support a written label, not replace safety information. The page carries 20 distinct entries: 14 single characters and 6 sequences.
Representative names include Staff Of Aesculapius, Stethoscope, Pill, Hospital. The commonest name families across the whole inventory are Staff Of Aesculapius (6), Variation Selector-16 (5), Zero Width Joiner (3). Single-character values span U+211E to U+1FA7A.
Browse medical symbols by type
Emoji or pictograph
11 entries
Symbol
3 entries
Emoji sequence
6 entries
The shape of this collection
Encoded span for medical symbols
The span runs U+211E to U+1FA7A. By Unicode general category that is symbol 14.
Name patterns that repeat
Sorting every formal name puts Staff Of Aesculapius (6), Variation Selector-16 (5), Zero Width Joiner (3) at the top.
Joiners, selectors and length
6 entries span more than one code point: 3 with a zero-width joiner, 6 with a variation selector, the longest running to 4 code points.
Picking the right medical symbol
Two look almost the same: Staff Of Aesculapius and Staff Of Hermes. They are different characters: U+2695 and U+269A. Start with emoji or pictograph.
It is the biggest group, with 11. Symbol is the specialist choice, with just 3. Want colour?
Pick one of the 17 emoji. Want it to match your text? Pick one of the 3 plain ones.
Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
Medical signs should support—not replace—plain-language health and safety information. The Staff of Aesculapius and caduceus also have distinct histories.
11Emoji or pictograph
Colour artwork, supplied by the platform. 55% here.
6Emoji sequence
Built from parts that must travel together. 30% here.
3Symbol
Ordinary text symbols, styled by your CSS. 15% here.
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Medical Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
This page has 20 medical symbols to copy. The largest set is emoji or pictograph, with 11. Unicode keeps most of them in a group called Miscellaneous Symbols. Watch the 17 emoji. Unlike the 3 plain ones, you cannot change how they look.
3 groups, not one list
Emoji or pictograph is the biggest at 11. The rest split between symbol and emoji sequence.
Which blocks they come from
They come from Miscellaneous Symbols (10), Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (5) and Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A (3). They span U+211E to U+1FA7A, so no one font covers them all.
Easy to confuse
Staff Of Aesculapius and Staff Of Hermes look alike. They are not the same character.
6 entries are sequences
Half-copying breaks 6 of these. Take the whole value.
Words that describe medical symbols
Useful terms when searching or describing medical symbols.
- Emoji or pictograph
- Symbol
- Emoji sequence
- Medical
- Medicine
- Health
- Staff
- Snake
- Pharmacy
- Aesculapius
- Stethoscope
- Pill
Quick comparison
| Type | Examples | Good for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emoji or pictograph | ⚕ 🩺 💊 | Technical reports and measurements | Treating the Staff of Aesculapius and caduceus as identical |
| Symbol | ☤ ℞ ⚚ | Office labels and contact details | Using a medical pictogram without plain-language instructions |
| Emoji sequence | ⚕︎ 🧑⚕️ 👨⚕️ | Legal, medical and professional notes | Assuming a Unicode symbol certifies a service or qualification |
What the medical symbols inventory actually contains
Every figure below is counted from the 20 entries stored for this page rather than estimated. The characters are drawn from Miscellaneous Symbols (10), Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (5) and Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A (3).
| Group | Entries | Examples | Code points | Usual presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emoji or pictograph | 11 | ⚕ 🩺 💊 | U+2695–U+1FA7A | Emoji presentation |
| Symbol | 3 | ☤ ℞ ⚚ | U+211E–U+269A | Text presentation |
| Emoji sequence | 6 | ⚕︎ 🧑⚕️ 👨⚕️ | sequence | Emoji presentation |
Practical note: Presentation is the typical default. A variation selector, a specific font stack, or an application that overrides emoji rendering can change what you see after pasting.
Where to go next
Compare these choices with gender symbols and warning symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Accessible Symbol Use in Websites and Documents. A faster route to the same point: are unicode symbols accessible to screen readers?.
Tip: A symbol should decorate a label, not replace it — plain words keep the meaning available to search and to assistive technology.
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How to use medical symbols
One click copies the characters themselves, not a picture of them. Use Ctrl V on Windows and Linux, ⌘ V on a Mac, or long-press and Paste on a phone.
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Technical reports and measurements
Staff Of Aesculapius is the safe pick here. Let the words beside it carry the meaning.
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Office labels and contact details
Emoji or pictograph suits office labels and contact details. Pick one whose stroke weight matches the text around it.
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Legal, medical and professional notes
When creating legal, medical and professional notes, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready medical symbols examples for technical reports and measurements
Technical reports and measurements
⚕ Medical referenceOffice labels and contact details
⚕ ☤ 🩺Legal, medical and professional notes
🩺 medical ⚕05
Typing medical symbols without copying them
Every character here has a numeric identity, and that number is what the keyboard methods use: decimal on a Windows keypad, hexadecimal in Word and on macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⚕ | Staff Of Aesculapius | Alt 9877 | 2695 | ⚕ |
| 🩺 | Stethoscope | Not available | 1FA7A | 🩺 |
| 💊 | Pill | Not available | 1F48A | 💊 |
| 🏥 | Hospital | Not available | 1F3E5 | 🏥 |
| 🧬 | Dna | Not available | 1F9EC | 🧬 |
| 🩸 | Drop Of Blood | Not available | 1FA78 | 🩸 |
Alt codes need a physical numeric keypad and stop at U+FFFF. 9 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 6 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. The complete keyboard guide covers every platform method in full.
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How medical symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Miscellaneous Symbols is the main home for these, with 56% of the set. The rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs and Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A. You get two behaviours here.
3 are plain text. 17 are emoji and arrive in colour you cannot change. Unicode files the emoji ones under Objects and People & Body.
6 entries are made of several parts. 3 of those are held together by a hidden joiner. Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart.
Some are as recent as Emoji 12.1, so old devices may draw an empty box.
The clipboard carries code points, not the drawing on this page, so weight, spacing and colour can all shift between iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS and an exported PDF.
14Single characters
6Sequences
17Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with medical symbols
- 1
Treating the Staff of Aesculapius and caduceus as identical.
- 2
Using a medical pictogram without plain-language instructions.
- 3
Assuming a Unicode symbol certifies a service or qualification.
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Medical Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Staff Of Aesculapius and Staff Of Hermes?+
They are two distinct Unicode characters: Staff Of Aesculapius is U+2695 (HTML ⚕) and Staff Of Hermes is U+269A (HTML ⚚). A font may draw them almost identically, but they sort and search as separate values.
What is the HTML code for staff of aesculapius?+
Either reference works: ⚕ or ⚕. Both resolve to ⚕. Pasting the raw character is fine too once the document is UTF-8.
Which medical symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
3 of the 20 are ordinary text characters. They take the colour and weight of the surrounding font, which suits documents, code and interface labels. The other 17 are emoji and arrive as colour artwork you cannot restyle.
Why does one of these medical symbols split apart when I paste it?+
6 entries here are sequences of more than one code point, and 3 of those are held together by a zero-width joiner. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these medical symbols in?+
The answer is Miscellaneous Symbols, covering 10 of them; the rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs and Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.
Will these medical symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 12.1. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
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Learn more about medical symbols
Where to take medical symbols next
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The data behind this page
Nothing here is estimated: the 20 entries are counted directly. The Unicode 17.0 character database supplies every formal name and category here, and the emoji data files decide which entries carry emoji properties.
- Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data