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⚙️ Gear Emoji

The ⚙️ Gear emoji depicts a metallic cogwheel, commonly used to represent software settings, configuration, machinery, options, or mechanics.

QUICK FACTS
Official name
Gear
Category
Objects
Subcategory
Tool
Unicode
U+2699 U+FE0F
Emoji version
Emoji 1.0
Unicode version
17.0

What Does Mean?

The ⚙️ Gear emoji symbolizes mechanical machinery, engine parts, and technical workings. Crucially, in digital technology, it is the standard icon for settings menus, preferences, system options, and configuration adjustments.

Quick Meaning

The ⚙️ Gear emoji depicts a metallic cogwheel, commonly used to represent software settings, configuration, machinery, options, or mechanics.

Use Cases

How People Use ⚙️

Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.

Indicating software settings, options, or preferences menus

Indicating software settings, options, or preferences menus.

Representing backend mechanics, engines, and system operations

Representing backend mechanics, engines, and system operations.

Discussing mechanical engineering and machine components

Discussing mechanical engineering and machine components.

Real Messages

⚙️ Emoji Examples

Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for ⚙️.

“Check your app settings page ⚙️”

“Adjusting account configuration options ⚙️”

“Under the hood, the engine is running smoothly ⚙️”

“Fine-tuning the system parameters ⚙️”

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Lookup Data

Names, Keywords and Search Terms

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Official Name

Gear

Subcategory: Tool

Aliases & Common Names

  • gear
  • cog
  • cogwheel
  • settings icon

Keywords & Search Terms

  • gear
  • cog
  • settings
  • configuration
  • options
  • machinery
  • engine
  • system
  • mechanics
Developer Reference

⚙️ Emoji Codes

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FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+2699 U+FE0F
Code points
U+2699 U+FE0F
UTF-8 bytes
0xE2 0x9A 0x99 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-16
\u2699\uFE0F
HTML decimal entity
⚙️
HTML hexadecimal entity
⚙️
JavaScript escape
\u{2699}\u{FE0F}
CSS escape
\2699 \FE0F
Python string
\u2699\uFE0F
Unicode Breakdown

Sequence Breakdown for ⚙️

This emoji is composed of 2 Unicode characters joined together.

Step 1
⚙
U+2699Gear
+
Step 2
VS16
U+FE0FVariation Selector-16 (Emoji Presentation)
Emoji Styles

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Microsoft Fluent

MIT License
Gear emoji in Microsoft Fluent style

Google Noto

SIL Open Font License 1.1
Gear emoji in Google Noto style

Twemoji

CC BY 4.0
Gear emoji in Twemoji style

OpenMoji

CC BY-SA 4.0
Gear emoji in OpenMoji style

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Questions About ⚙️

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The ⚙️ Gear emoji depicts a metallic cogwheel, commonly used to represent software settings, configuration, machinery, options, or mechanics.