Wheel of Dharma emoji

☸️ · Symbols › Religion · Emoji 0.7 (2014)

What does ☸️ mean?

☸️ is the dharma wheel, the dharmachakra: a wheel with eight spokes.

It's a symbol of Buddhism, standing for the Buddha's teaching and the Noble Eightfold Path. People use it for Buddhist faith, meditation and temple visits.

How people use ☸️

• vesak greetings ☸️
• meditation retreat this weekend ☸️🧘
• visiting the temple ☸️
• letting go ☸️
• peace and mindfulness ☸️

Often used with ☸️

• 🧘 Person in Lotus Position
• 🙏 Folded Hands
• 🪷 Lotus
• 🕉️ Om
• ☮️ Peace Symbol

Make emoji art with ☸️

Paint with ☸️ in the emoji art editor, or turn any photo into emojis with the image to emoji converter.

Similar emojis

• 🕉️ Om
• 🧘 Person in Lotus Position
• 🪷 Lotus
• ☯️ Yin Yang
• 📿 Prayer Beads
• 🙏 Folded Hands
• 🛕 Hindu Temple
• ☮️ Peace Symbol
• 🪯 Khanda
• ✡️ Star of David
• ✝️ Latin Cross
• ☦️ Orthodox Cross

Codes for developers

• Code points: U+2638 U+FE0F
• HTML: ☸️
• CSS: \2638 \FE0F
• JavaScript: \u{2638}\u{FE0F}
• Python: \U00002638\U0000FE0F
• URL: %E2%98%B8%EF%B8%8F

Details

• Unicode name: wheel of dharma
• Category: Symbols › Religion
• Introduced: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
• Skin tones: no

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