Symbols · Emoji 0.6
〽️Part Alternation Mark Emoji
Generally, the 〽️ emoji just signifies a change or division. It's not a super common meaning, so it often adds a playful or slightly unexpected element to a message.
The 〽️ emoji is called the Part Alternation Mark.
- Unicode
- U+303D U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :part_
alternation_ mark: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 〽️ Part Alternation Mark emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 3.
02 — Platforms
Part Alternation Mark emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+303D — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your part alternation mark looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Part Alternation Mark emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :part_alternation_mark:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+303D.
04 — How to type
How to type the 〽️ Part Alternation Mark emoji
No picker to hand? The part alternation mark can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Part Alternation Mark emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the part alternation mark 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
Part Alternation Mark emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around part alternation mark 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 — Around the world
What 〽️ means in other countries
Originally a Japanese musical notation mark for a repeated section, now used almost entirely as decoration.
Marks a repeated or changed section in a score, its original functional use.
Used as a decorative squiggle with no meaning tied to its notation origin.
Appears as part of the classic Unicode dingbat symbol collection.
Before you send it: Treat it as pure decoration — almost nobody outside music notation reads its original meaning.
09 — Apps
What 〽️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+303D, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
10 — Related
Emojis similar to the Part Alternation Mark emoji
Same family (other-symbol) — often confused with part alternation mark or used alongside it.
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Splatter
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⚜️Fleur-de-lis
🔰Japanese Symbol For Beginner
♻️Recycling Symbol
✅Check Mark Button
❇️Sparkle
✳️Eight-spoked Asterisk
Collections 〽️ belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:
11 — Difference
〽️ vs 🥳 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Part Alternation Mark
Code: U+303D U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :part_alternation_mark:
Generally, the 〽️ emoji just signifies a change or division.
Unicode name: Partying Face
Code: U+1F973 · added 2018
Shortcode: :partying_face:
Generally, it just means someone is excited about a party or celebration.
12 — History
Where the 〽️ Part Alternation Mark 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+303D U+FE0F 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
SoftBank E12C.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Part Alternation Mark was approved as U+303D U+FE0F 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.
13 — FAQ