Gear emoji
Teeth around its edge identify this as a gear, or cogwheel. Settings, mechanics and machinery are the ideas, and people use it for adjusting settings in apps, engineering, how things work and processes or systems.
- Unicode name
- gear
- Added
- Emoji 1.0 in 2015
- Code points
- U+2699 U+FE0F
- Shortcode
:gear:- Keywords
- cog, cogwheel, gear, tool
How it looks
How to type ⚙️
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “gear”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “gear”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “gear”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “gear”.
- GitHub
- Type :gear: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | engranaje | engranaje, herramienta |
| Français | roue dentée | engrenage, outil, roue dentée |
| Deutsch | Zahnrad | Werkzeug, Zahnrad |
| Italiano | ingranaggio | componente, ingranaggio, meccanismo, ruota dentata |
| Português | engrenagem | engrenagem, ferramenta |
| Nederlands | tandwiel | gereedschap, instellingen, radertje, tandrad, tandwiel |
| Svenska | kugghjul | kugge, kugghjul |
| Polski | koło zębate | kółko, koło zębate, skrzynia biegów, zębate, zębatka |
| Türkçe | dişli | alet, dişli |
| Русский | шестеренка | деталь, зубчатое, колесо, шестеренка, шестерня |
| Українська | шестірня | інструмент, налаштування, параметри, шестірня |
| Ελληνικά | γρανάζι | γρανάζι, εργαλείο, οδοντωτός τροχός |
| العربية | ترس | أداة, اعدادات, بكرة, ترس, مسننة |
| עברית | גלגל שיניים | גלגל שיניים, מנגנון |
| فارسی | چرخدنده | ابزار, چرخدنده |
| हिन्दी | गियर | उपकरण, गियर, टूल |
| বাংলা | গিয়ার | গিয়ার, টুল, সরঞ্জাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia | roda gigi | alat, roda gigi |
| Tiếng Việt | bánh răng | bánh răng, dụng cụ |
| ไทย | เฟือง | เครื่องมือ, เฟือง |
| 日本語 | 歯車 | ギア, 工具, 歯車 |
| 한국어 | 톱니바퀴 | 기어, 도구, 톱니바퀴 |
| 中文(简体) | 齿轮 | 传动, 工具, 机械, 零件, 齿轮 |
| 中文(繁體) | 齒輪 | 齒輪 |
Names in 97 more languages
| Afrikaans | rat |
|---|---|
| Akan | adwuma afadeԑ |
| Albanian | ingranazh |
| Amharic | ሞተር ጥርስ |
| Armenian | ատամնանիվ |
| Assamese | গীয়েৰ |
| Azerbaijani | mexanizm |
| Bashkir | шестерня |
| Basque | engranajea |
| Belarusian | шасцярня |
| Bosnian | zupčanik |
| Breton | rod dantek |
| Bulgarian | зъбно колело |
| Burmese | ဂီယာ |
| Canadian French | engrenage |
| Cantonese | 齒輪 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 齿轮 |
| Catalan | engranatge |
| Cherokee | ᎬᏔᏅᏙᏗ |
| Chuvash | шестерне |
| Croatian | zupčanik |
| Czech | ozubené kolo |
| Danish | tandhjul |
| Estonian | hammasratas |
| European Portuguese | roda dentada |
| Faroese | tannhjól |
| Filipino | gear |
| Finnish | hammasratas |
| Galician | engrenaxe |
| Georgian | კბილანა |
| Gujarati | ગિયર |
| Hausa | giya |
| Hungarian | fogaskerék |
| Icelandic | gírhjól |
| Igbo | giya |
| Irish | giar |
| Javanese | gir |
| Kalaallisut | tandhjul |
| Kannada | ಗೇರ್ |
| Kazakh | тегершік |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | تەگەرشىك |
| Khmer | ស្ពឺ |
| Kinyarwanda | ishusho ringi |
| Konkani | गियर |
| Kyrgyz | механизм |
| Kʼicheʼ | mulaj ch’ich’ |
| Lao | ເຟືອງເກຍ |
| Latvian | zobrats |
| Lithuanian | krumpliaratis |
| Lower Sorbian | zubickate kólasko |
| Luxembourgish | Zännrad |
| Macedonian | запченик |
| Malay | gear |
| Malayalam | ഗിയർ |
| Maltese | apparat |
| Marathi | गिअर |
| Mongolian | хөдөлгүүр |
| Māori | taputapu |
| Nepali | गियर |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Gia |
| Northern Sotho | kere |
| Norwegian | tannhjul |
| Odia | ଗିୟର୍ |
| Oromo | ilkaan motoraa |
| Pashto | ګيرارۍ |
| Punjabi | ਗਰਾਰੀ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | گئیر |
| Quechua | engranaje |
| Romanian | rotiță zimțată |
| Romansh | roda dentada |
| Sardinian | ingranàgiu |
| Scottish Gaelic | gèar |
| Serbian | зупчаник |
| Serbian (Latin) | zupčanik |
| Shan | ၵီႇယႃႇ |
| Sindhi | گيئر |
| Sinhala | ගියරය |
| Slovak | ozubené koliesko |
| Slovenian | zobnik |
| Somali | geer |
| Swahili | gia |
| Tajik | чархи дандонадор |
| Tamil | கியர் |
| Telugu | గేర్ |
| Tigrinya | ማርሺ |
| Tongan | veʻeteka |
| Tswana | kere |
| Turkmen | dişli |
| Upper Sorbian | zubičkate kolesko |
| Urdu | گیئر |
| Uyghur | چىشلىق چاق |
| Uzbek | tishli g‘ildirak |
| Welsh | gêr |
| Wolof | piñoŋ |
| Xhosa | igiyeri |
| Yoruba | gíà |
| Zulu | igiya |
Codes
- Code points
U+2699 U+FE0F- HTML
⚙️- CSS
\2699\FE0F- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{2699}\u{FE0F}- Python
\u2699\uFE0F- UTF-8 bytes
E2 9A 99 EF B8 8F- UTF-16
2699 FE0F- URL encoded
%E2%9A%99%EF%B8%8F
Questions
What does the ⚙️ gear emoji mean?
Teeth around its edge identify this as a gear, or cogwheel. Settings, mechanics and machinery are the ideas, and people use it for adjusting settings in apps, engineering, how things work and processes or systems.
How do I type the ⚙️ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “gear”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :gear:.
When was the ⚙️ emoji added?
⚙️ was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.
What is the Unicode code point for ⚙️?
U+2699 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⚙️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2699}\u{FE0F}.