Symbols · Emoji 0.6
➗Divide Emoji
Generally, it just means division or splitting something in half. People use it in texts when they’re talking about sharing costs or calculating amounts.
The ➗ emoji is the division sign.
- Unicode
- U+2797
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :heavy_
division_ sign: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ➗ Divide emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 5.
02 — Platforms
Divide emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+2797. 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
Divide 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 :heavy_division_sign:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+2797.
04 — How to type
How to type the ➗ Divide emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Divide emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the divide 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 →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
06 — Combinations
Divide emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around divide 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 — In conversation
What ➗ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What ➗ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the divide lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
➗ vs 🗂️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Divide
Code: U+2797 · added 2010
Shortcode: :heavy_division_sign:
Generally, it just means division or splitting something in half.
Unicode name: Card Index Dividers
Code: U+1F5C2 U+FE0F · added 2014
Shortcode: :card_index_dividers:
Generally, it just means "organized" or "categorized."
11 — History
Where the ➗ Divide emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+2797 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.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
➗ existed there as
KDDI au E554.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Divide was approved as U+2797 and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
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.
12 — FAQ