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Wheel of dharma
U+2638 · Miscellaneous Symbols
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Meaning and uses
The dharma wheel, a symbol of Buddhism and of the Buddha's teaching. Its eight spokes stand for the Noble Eightfold Path.
Unicode details
☸ is the Unicode character named WHEEL OF DHARMA, code point U+2638, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).
It can also appear as an emoji, listed under the name “wheel of dharma”. Plain text is its default, but some apps draw it in colour anyway. Adding the invisible variation selector U+FE0F after it asks for the emoji style, and U+FE0E asks for plain text.
| Unicode name | WHEEL OF DHARMA |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2638 |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| Emoji name | wheel of dharma |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 B8 |
| UTF-16 | 2638 |
| HTML | ☸ |
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How to type ☸
- On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
- On a phone, it is on the emoji keyboard: search for “wheel of dharma”. On Windows, press the Windows key and the full stop (Win+.) to open the emoji panel and search there.
- On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “wheel of dharma”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2638, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
☸. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\2638".