# 🚾 Water closet emoji

🚾 Water closet is an emoji in the transport signs set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: bathroom, lavatory, restroom, toilet and WC.

- Emoji: 🚾
- Unicode name: water closet
- Code points: U+1F6BE
- Category: Symbols, Transport signs
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :wc:
- Keywords: bathroom, closet, lavatory, restroom, toilet, water, WC
- Page: https://emojichart.com/water-closet-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | aseos | aseos, lavabo, servicios, WC |
| Français (fr) | WC | toilettes, WC |
| Deutsch (de) | WC | Toilette, WC |
| Italiano (it) | simbolo del WC | bagni, bagno, gabinetto, segnale, servizi, simbolo del WC, toilette, WC |
| Português (pt) | WC | latrina, lavabo, privada, toalete, vaso sanitário, WC |
| Nederlands (nl) | wc | toilet, wasgelegenheid, water, wc |
| Svenska (sv) | WC | toalett, uthus, WC |
| Polski (pl) | WC | szalet, toaleta, ubikacja, ustęp, WC |
| Türkçe (tr) | wc | lavabo, tuvalet, wc, WC |
| Русский (ru) | туалет | WC, общественный, туалет, уборная, унитаз |
| Українська (uk) | символ убиральні [WC] | ванна, вбиральня, знак убиральні WC, кімната, символ убиральні [WC], символ убиральні WC, туалетна кімната, убиральня |
| Ελληνικά (el) | WC | WC, μπάνιο, νερό, νιπτήρας, τουαλέτα, τουαλέτες |
| العربية (ar) | حمام | WC, بيت الخلاء, حمام, خزانة, خلاء, دورة مياه, رمز, مرحاض |
| עברית (he) | שלט WC | WC, בית שימוש, נוחיות, ציבוריים, שירותים, שלט WC |
| فارسی (fa) | سرویس بهداشتی | توالت, سرویس بهداشتی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | वॉटर क्लोसेट | WC, पानी, लावाटोरी, वॉटर क्लोसेट, शौचालय, सुविधाघर |
| বাংলা (bn) | বাথরুম | জল, বাথরুম, রেস্টরুম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kloset air | air, kamar kecil, kloset, lambang, simbol, tanda, toilet, wc |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | WC | nhà vệ sinh, nước, phòng vệ sinh, wc, WC |
| ไทย (th) | ป้ายห้องน้ำ | ป้ายห้องน้ำ, ห้องน้ำ |
| 日本語 (ja) | WC | WC, お手洗い, トイレ, 化粧室 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 더블유씨 | WC, 공중화장실, 더블유씨, 화장실 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 厕所 | 卫生间, 厕所, 洗手间, 盥洗室 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 廁所 | 廁所, 盥洗室 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): WC
- Akan (ak): wͻta klosɛte
- Albanian (sq): banjë
- Amharic (am): ባኞ ቤት
- Armenian (hy): զուգարան
- Assamese (as): পানীৰ সংযোগ থকা শৌচাগাৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): wc
- Bashkir (ba): әбрәкәй
- Basque (eu): komunak
- Belarusian (be): туалет
- Bosnian (bs): toalet
- Breton (br): WC
- Bulgarian (bg): тоалетна
- Burmese (my): ရေအိမ်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): symbole Toilettes
- Cantonese (yue): 衛生間
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 卫生间
- Catalan (ca): vàter
- Cherokee (chr): ᎧᏅᏑᎸᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): WC
- Chuvash (cv): туалет
- Croatian (hr): nužnik
- Czech (cs): záchod
- Danish (da): wc
- Estonian (et): WC
- Faroese (fo): wc symbol
- Filipino (fil): comfort room
- Finnish (fi): vessa
- Galician (gl): sinal de aseo
- Georgian (ka): საპირფარეშო ოთახი
- Gujarati (gu): વૉટર ક્લોઝેટ
- Hausa (ha): tukunyar bahaya
- Hungarian (hu): toalett
- Icelandic (is): salerni
- Igbo (ig): nchekwa mmiri
- Interlingua (ia): water-closet
- Irish (ga): na leithris
- Javanese (jv): wese
- Kalaallisut (kl): wc
- Kannada (kn): ವಾಟರ್ ಕ್ಲಾಸೆಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): ватерклозет
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۆاتەركلوزەت
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាបង្គន់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): wese
- Konkani (kok): उदकाचो नळ
- Kyrgyz (ky): даараткана белгиси
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Eleb’al rech ja’
- Lao (lo): ປ້າຍຫ້ອງນໍ້າ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): servicios
- Latvian (lv): ateja
- Lithuanian (lt): tualeto patalpa
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): WC
- Luxembourgish (lb): WC-Zeechen
- Macedonian (mk): вц
- Malay (ms): tandas pam
- Malayalam (ml): വാട്ടർ ക്ലോസറ്റ്
- Maltese (mt): wc
- Marathi (mr): शौचकूप
- Mongolian (mn): жорлонгийн суултуур
- Māori (mi): wharepaku
- Nepali (ne): पानी पाइने ठाउँ
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wọ́tá Kọnténa
- Northern Sotho (nso): thoilete ya meetse
- Norwegian (no): do
- Odia (or): ଶୌଚାଳୟ
- Oromo (om): bishaan kuufamaa
- Pashto (ps): د تشناب د اوبو لوښی
- Punjabi (pa): ਪਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਟੈਂਕੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پانی آلا بیت الخلاء
- Quechua (qu): inodoro
- Romanian (ro): wc
- Romansh (rm): WC
- Sardinian (sc): sìmbulu WC
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): clòsaid-uisge
- Serbian (sr): ве-це
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ve-ce
- Shan (shn): ပၢႆးႁွင်ႈၼမ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): پاڻي جو هبار
- Sinhala (si): ජල මුද්‍රිත වැසිකිළි කට්ටලය
- Slovak (sk): splachovací záchod
- Slovenian (sl): wc
- Somali (so): qolka biyaha
- Swahili (sw): msala
- Tajik (tg): мабраз
- Tamil (ta): வாட்டர் குளோசட்
- Telugu (te): వాటర్ క్లోసెట్
- Tigrinya (ti): መዕቆሪ ማይ
- Tongan (to): toileti
- Tswana (tn): tlelosete ya metsi
- Turkmen (tk): unitaz
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): WC
- Urdu (ur): واش روم
- Uyghur (ug): سۇخانا
- Uzbek (uz): hojatxona
- Welsh (cy): tŷ bach
- Wolof (wo): tuurukaayu ndox
- Xhosa (xh): ithoyilethi egungxulwayo
- Yoruba (yo): iléìyàgbẹ́ olomi
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): iléìyàgbɛ́ olomi
- Zulu (zu): indawo yamanzi

## Codes

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

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