🚾U+1F6BE
Water closet emoji
A sign bearing the letters WC, short for water closet, an older term for a toilet. It marks public restrooms, especially on signs in Europe and many other parts of the world, and people use it to ask for or point to the bathroom.
- Unicode name
- water closet
- Category
- Symbols, Transport signs
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+1F6BE
- Shortcode
:wc:- Keywords
- bathroom, closet, lavatory, restroom, toilet, water, WC
How it looks
How to type 🚾
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “water closet”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “water closet”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “water closet”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “water closet”.
- GitHub
- Type :wc: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | aseos | aseos, lavabo, servicios, WC |
| Français | WC | toilettes, WC |
| Deutsch | WC | Toilette, WC |
| Italiano | simbolo del WC | bagni, bagno, gabinetto, segnale, servizi, simbolo del WC, toilette, WC |
| Português | WC | latrina, lavabo, privada, toalete, vaso sanitário, WC |
| Nederlands | wc | toilet, wasgelegenheid, water, wc |
| Svenska | WC | toalett, uthus, WC |
| Polski | WC | szalet, toaleta, ubikacja, ustęp, WC |
| Türkçe | wc | lavabo, tuvalet, wc, WC |
| Русский | туалет | WC, общественный, туалет, уборная, унитаз |
| Українська | символ убиральні [WC] | ванна, вбиральня, знак убиральні WC, кімната, символ убиральні [WC], символ убиральні WC, туалетна кімната, убиральня |
| Ελληνικά | WC | WC, μπάνιο, νερό, νιπτήρας, τουαλέτα, τουαλέτες |
| العربية | حمام | WC, بيت الخلاء, حمام, خزانة, خلاء, دورة مياه, رمز, مرحاض |
| עברית | שלט WC | WC, בית שימוש, נוחיות, ציבוריים, שירותים, שלט WC |
| فارسی | سرویس بهداشتی | توالت, سرویس بهداشتی |
| हिन्दी | वॉटर क्लोसेट | WC, पानी, लावाटोरी, वॉटर क्लोसेट, शौचालय, सुविधाघर |
| বাংলা | বাথরুম | জল, বাথরুম, রেস্টরুম |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kloset air | air, kamar kecil, kloset, lambang, simbol, tanda, toilet, wc |
| Tiếng Việt | WC | nhà vệ sinh, nước, phòng vệ sinh, wc, WC |
| ไทย | ป้ายห้องน้ำ | ป้ายห้องน้ำ, ห้องน้ำ |
| 日本語 | WC | WC, お手洗い, トイレ, 化粧室 |
| 한국어 | 더블유씨 | WC, 공중화장실, 더블유씨, 화장실 |
| 中文（简体） | 厕所 | 卫生间, 厕所, 洗手间, 盥洗室 |
| 中文（繁體） | 廁所 | 廁所, 盥洗室 |
Names in 100 more languages
| Afrikaans | WC |
|---|---|
| Akan | wͻta klosɛte |
| Albanian | banjë |
| Amharic | ባኞ ቤት |
| Armenian | զուգարան |
| Assamese | পানীৰ সংযোগ থকা শৌচাগাৰ |
| Azerbaijani | wc |
| Bashkir | әбрәкәй |
| Basque | komunak |
| Belarusian | туалет |
| Bosnian | toalet |
| Breton | WC |
| Bulgarian | тоалетна |
| Burmese | ရေအိမ် |
| Canadian French | symbole Toilettes |
| Cantonese | 衛生間 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 卫生间 |
| Catalan | vàter |
| Cherokee | ᎧᏅᏑᎸᎢ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | WC |
| Chuvash | туалет |
| Croatian | nužnik |
| Czech | záchod |
| Danish | wc |
| Estonian | WC |
| Faroese | wc symbol |
| Filipino | comfort room |
| Finnish | vessa |
| Galician | sinal de aseo |
| Georgian | საპირფარეშო ოთახი |
| Gujarati | વૉટર ક્લોઝેટ |
| Hausa | tukunyar bahaya |
| Hungarian | toalett |
| Icelandic | salerni |
| Igbo | nchekwa mmiri |
| Interlingua | water-closet |
| Irish | na leithris |
| Javanese | wese |
| Kalaallisut | wc |
| Kannada | ವಾಟರ್ ಕ್ಲಾಸೆಟ್ |
| Kazakh | ватерклозет |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ۆاتەركلوزەت |
| Khmer | សញ្ញាបង្គន់ |
| Kinyarwanda | wese |
| Konkani | उदकाचो नळ |
| Kyrgyz | даараткана белгиси |
| Kʼicheʼ | Eleb’al rech ja’ |
| Lao | ປ້າຍຫ້ອງນໍ້າ |
| Latin American Spanish | servicios |
| Latvian | ateja |
| Lithuanian | tualeto patalpa |
| Lower Sorbian | WC |
| Luxembourgish | WC-Zeechen |
| Macedonian | вц |
| Malay | tandas pam |
| Malayalam | വാട്ടർ ക്ലോസറ്റ് |
| Maltese | wc |
| Marathi | शौचकूप |
| Mongolian | жорлонгийн суултуур |
| Māori | wharepaku |
| Nepali | पानी पाइने ठाउँ |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Wọ́tá Kọnténa |
| Northern Sotho | thoilete ya meetse |
| Norwegian | do |
| Odia | ଶୌଚାଳୟ |
| Oromo | bishaan kuufamaa |
| Pashto | د تشناب د اوبو لوښی |
| Punjabi | ਪਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਟੈਂਕੀ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | پانی آلا بیت الخلاء |
| Quechua | inodoro |
| Romanian | wc |
| Romansh | WC |
| Sardinian | sìmbulu WC |
| Scottish Gaelic | clòsaid-uisge |
| Serbian | ве-це |
| Serbian (Latin) | ve-ce |
| Shan | ပၢႆးႁွင်ႈၼမ်ႉ |
| Sindhi | پاڻي جو هبار |
| Sinhala | ජල මුද්රිත වැසිකිළි කට්ටලය |
| Slovak | splachovací záchod |
| Slovenian | wc |
| Somali | qolka biyaha |
| Swahili | msala |
| Tajik | мабраз |
| Tamil | வாட்டர் குளோசட் |
| Telugu | వాటర్ క్లోసెట్ |
| Tigrinya | መዕቆሪ ማይ |
| Tongan | toileti |
| Tswana | tlelosete ya metsi |
| Turkmen | unitaz |
| Upper Sorbian | WC |
| Urdu | واش روم |
| Uyghur | سۇخانا |
| Uzbek | hojatxona |
| Welsh | tŷ bach |
| Wolof | tuurukaayu ndox |
| Xhosa | ithoyilethi egungxulwayo |
| Yoruba | iléìyàgbẹ́ olomi |
| Yoruba (Benin) | iléìyàgbɛ́ olomi |
| Zulu | indawo yamanzi |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F6BE- HTML
🚾- CSS
\1F6BE- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F6BE}- Python
\U0001F6BE- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 9A BE- UTF-16
D83D DEBE- URL encoded
%F0%9F%9A%BE
Questions
What does the 🚾 water closet emoji mean?
A sign bearing the letters WC, short for water closet, an older term for a toilet. It marks public restrooms, especially on signs in Europe and many other parts of the world, and people use it to ask for or point to the bathroom.
How do I type the 🚾 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “water closet”. 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 :wc:.
When was the 🚾 emoji added?
🚾 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for 🚾?
U+1F6BE. In HTML you can write 🚾, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F6BE}.