⚧Transgender Symbol Emoji
Generally, when someone sends you the ⚧ emoji, they’re showing support for transgender people or someone who is transgender. It's a way to signal that you understand and respect their identity.
The ⚧ emoji represents the transgender symbol.
- Unicode
- U+26A7
- Released
- 2020
- Shortcode
- :transgender_symbol:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the ⚧ Transgender Symbol emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 2 of them.
Transgender Symbol emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+26A7 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your transgender symbol looks like to the person on the other side.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Transgender Symbol emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :transgender_symbol:.
In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the transgender symbol, code point U+26A7.
How to type the ⚧ Transgender Symbol emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+26A7 when there is no key at all.
Transgender Symbol emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the transgender symbol as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 8 of them.
Transgender Symbol emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around transgender symbol for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with ⚧, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
What ⚧ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
What ⚧ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the transgender symbol lands changes how it is taken.
⚧ vs 🏳️⚧️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Transgender Symbol
Code: U+26A7 · added 2020
Shortcode: :transgender_symbol:
Generally, when someone sends you the ⚧ emoji, they’re showing support for transgender people or someone who is transgender.
Unicode name: Transgender Flag
Code: U+1F3F3 U+FE0F U+200D U+26A7 U+FE0F · added 2020
Shortcode: :transgender_flag:
Generally, when someone sends you the 🏳️⚧️ emoji, they're showing their support for transgender people or expressing their own identity as transgender.
Where the ⚧ Transgender Symbol emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 13.0, the transgender symbol has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 6.
Same character every time — U+26A7 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.
Transgender Symbol was approved as U+26A7 and shipped in Emoji 13.0 (2020). 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, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.