# ⚙️ Gear emoji

⚙️ Gear is an emoji in the tools set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: cog, cogwheel and tool.

- Emoji: ⚙️
- Unicode name: gear
- Code points: U+2699 U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Tools
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :gear:
- Keywords: cog, cogwheel, gear, tool
- Page: https://emojichart.com/gear-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | engranaje | engranaje, herramienta |
| Français (fr) | roue dentée | engrenage, outil, roue dentée |
| Deutsch (de) | Zahnrad | Werkzeug, Zahnrad |
| Italiano (it) | ingranaggio | componente, ingranaggio, meccanismo, ruota dentata |
| Português (pt) | engrenagem | engrenagem, ferramenta |
| Nederlands (nl) | tandwiel | gereedschap, instellingen, radertje, tandrad, tandwiel |
| Svenska (sv) | kugghjul | kugge, kugghjul |
| Polski (pl) | koło zębate | kółko, koło zębate, skrzynia biegów, zębate, zębatka |
| Türkçe (tr) | dişli | alet, dişli |
| Русский (ru) | шестеренка | деталь, зубчатое, колесо, шестеренка, шестерня |
| Українська (uk) | шестірня | інструмент, налаштування, параметри, шестірня |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γρανάζι | γρανάζι, εργαλείο, οδοντωτός τροχός |
| العربية (ar) | ترس | أداة, اعدادات, بكرة, ترس, مسننة |
| עברית (he) | גלגל שיניים | גלגל שיניים, מנגנון |
| فارسی (fa) | چرخ‌دنده | ابزار, چرخ‌دنده |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गियर | उपकरण, गियर, टूल |
| বাংলা (bn) | গিয়ার | গিয়ার, টুল, সরঞ্জাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | roda gigi | alat, roda gigi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bánh răng | bánh răng, dụng cụ |
| ไทย (th) | เฟือง | เครื่องมือ, เฟือง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 歯車 | ギア, 工具, 歯車 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 톱니바퀴 | 기어, 도구, 톱니바퀴 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 齿轮 | 传动, 工具, 机械, 零件, 齿轮 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 齒輪 | 齒輪 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): rat
- Akan (ak): adwuma afadeԑ
- Albanian (sq): ingranazh
- Amharic (am): ሞተር ጥርስ
- Armenian (hy): ատամնանիվ
- Assamese (as): গীয়েৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): mexanizm
- Bashkir (ba): шестерня
- Basque (eu): engranajea
- Belarusian (be): шасцярня
- Bosnian (bs): zupčanik
- Breton (br): rod dantek
- Bulgarian (bg): зъбно колело
- Burmese (my): ဂီယာ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): engrenage
- Cantonese (yue): 齒輪
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 齿轮
- Catalan (ca): engranatge
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᏔᏅᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): шестерне
- Croatian (hr): zupčanik
- Czech (cs): ozubené kolo
- Danish (da): tandhjul
- Estonian (et): hammasratas
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): roda dentada
- Faroese (fo): tannhjól
- Filipino (fil): gear
- Finnish (fi): hammasratas
- Galician (gl): engrenaxe
- Georgian (ka): კბილანა
- Gujarati (gu): ગિયર
- Hausa (ha): giya
- Hungarian (hu): fogaskerék
- Icelandic (is): gírhjól
- Igbo (ig): giya
- Irish (ga): giar
- Javanese (jv): gir
- Kalaallisut (kl): tandhjul
- Kannada (kn): ಗೇರ್
- Kazakh (kk): тегершік
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تەگەرشىك
- Khmer (km): ស្ពឺ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ishusho ringi
- Konkani (kok): गियर
- Kyrgyz (ky): механизм
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): mulaj ch’ich’
- Lao (lo): ເຟືອງເກຍ
- Latvian (lv): zobrats
- Lithuanian (lt): krumpliaratis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): zubickate kólasko
- Luxembourgish (lb): Zännrad
- Macedonian (mk): запченик
- Malay (ms): gear
- Malayalam (ml): ഗിയർ
- Maltese (mt): apparat
- Marathi (mr): गिअर
- Mongolian (mn): хөдөлгүүр
- Māori (mi): taputapu
- Nepali (ne): गियर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Gia
- Northern Sotho (nso): kere
- Norwegian (no): tannhjul
- Odia (or): ଗିୟର୍‌
- Oromo (om): ilkaan motoraa
- Pashto (ps): ګيرارۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਗਰਾਰੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): گئیر
- Quechua (qu): engranaje
- Romanian (ro): rotiță zimțată
- Romansh (rm): roda dentada
- Sardinian (sc): ingranàgiu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gèar
- Serbian (sr): зупчаник
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zupčanik
- Shan (shn): ၵီႇယႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): گيئر
- Sinhala (si): ගියරය
- Slovak (sk): ozubené koliesko
- Slovenian (sl): zobnik
- Somali (so): geer
- Swahili (sw): gia
- Tajik (tg): чархи дандонадор
- Tamil (ta): கியர்
- Telugu (te): గేర్
- Tigrinya (ti): ማርሺ
- Tongan (to): veʻeteka
- Tswana (tn): kere
- Turkmen (tk): dişli
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zubičkate kolesko
- Urdu (ur): گیئر
- Uyghur (ug): چىشلىق چاق
- Uzbek (uz): tishli g‘ildirak
- Welsh (cy): gêr
- Wolof (wo): piñoŋ
- Xhosa (xh): igiyeri
- Yoruba (yo): gíà
- Zulu (zu): igiya

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/gear-emoji