Symbols · Emoji 15.0
🪯Khanda Emoji
The 🪯 emoji represents the Khanda, a sacred symbol of Sikhism. It’s a stylized image combining a double-edged sword and a religious symbol (the Khada).
The 🪯 emoji represents the Khanda, a sacred symbol of Sikhism.
- Unicode
- U+1FAAF
- Released
- 2022
- Shortcode
- :khanda:
- Skin tones
- No
Added in Emoji 15.0. On phones older than iOS 17 / Android 14 it arrives as an empty box — the character exists, the artwork does not.
01 — Meaning
What does the 🪯 Khanda emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 7.
02 — Platforms
Khanda emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1FAAF. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Khanda emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :khanda:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1FAAF.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🪯 Khanda emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Khanda emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the khanda as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →06 — Combinations
Khanda emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around khanda for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — Around the world
What 🪯 means in other countries
A sacred Sikh emblem representing core beliefs, not a decorative weapon icon, even though it visually resembles crossed blades.
Represents the Khalsa and central Sikh principles; treated with the same respect as other faith symbols.
Displayed on gurdwaras and flags as a community and identity marker.
Often misread as a generic sword or fantasy-weapon emoji due to the shape.
Before you send it: Use it when you actually mean Sikhism; don’t reach for it as a stand-in sword or battle icon.
08 — Apps
What 🪯 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the khanda lands changes how it is taken.
10 — History
Where the 🪯 Khanda emoji came from
It arrived with the 15.0 release of the standard, which dates the khanda to 2022.
Same character every time — U+1FAAF never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Khanda was approved as U+1FAAF and shipped in Emoji 15.0 (2022). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🪯 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
11 — FAQ
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft