Gear Emoji

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Gear Emoji

⚙️GearU+2699 U+FE0FReady to copy

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Gear symbols 8

Machine emoji 12

Equipment emoji 12

Gear emoticons 5

Gear words 6

Gear sayings 9

Gear lines 5

Gear combos 14

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How it works

The gear emoji is ⚙️: the character U+2699, in Unicode since version 4.1, followed by U+FE0F. Unicode notes it as technology, tools, and no other emoji is filed under gear, cog or cogwheel in CLDR, Unicode’s list of search words.

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The gear symbol as text

With the text selector U+FE0E after it, the same character is a gear text symbol: one colour, the colour of your text. Unicode has two more gears that are not emoji, both map symbols added in version 5.2: ⛭ Gear without hub, noted as factory, and ⛮ Gear with handles, noted as power plant.

Gear, as in equipment

By Wiktionary the first sense of gear is equipment, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. CLDR files nothing under equipment, so an equipment emoji is whatever the kit is: 🎒, ⛺, 🎣, 🎿. The combos spell out camping, fishing, ski and safety gear.

Questions and answers

What does the gear emoji mean?

Machinery, and how a thing works. By Wiktionary a gear is a wheel with teeth, such that two can interlock and pass motion from one to another, and a cog is a tooth on a gear, or the gear itself.

Is there a gear Alt code?

By Wikipedia some apps take a decimal number from 256 to 65,535 after Alt, which makes Alt+9881 a gear. In others, type 2699 and press Alt+X. The old Alt codes have no gear icon: the nearest shape in code page 437 is Alt+15, ☼.

Is there a gear symbol on a keyboard?

No key types one, and Unicode has no gear emoticon of its own. Built from plain keys, {o} is a small gear and {o}{O}{o} a gear train.

Is ⚙️ the gear icon emoji?

Yes: it is the one gear in the emoji list, printed between 🔩 Nut and bolt and 🗜️ Clamp. For a gear icon to copy and paste without colour, take ⚙︎ or ⛭.

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Gear symbols 8

  • Circled open centre eight pointed star U+2742. Not a gear by name: a stand-in here for a gear with a rim.
  • Gear U+2699 U+FE0F. U+2699 has been in Unicode since version 4.1, noted as technology, tools. The only emoji filed under gear, cog and cogwheel. Emoji 1.0.
  • Gear with handles U+26EE. A map symbol, in Unicode since version 5.2, noted as power plant, power substation. Not an emoji.
  • Gear without hub U+26ED. A map symbol, in Unicode since version 5.2, noted as factory. Not an emoji.
  • Gear, text style U+2699. The same character with the text selector, U+FE0E: one colour, the colour of your text.
  • Teeth and cogs, Han character U+9F52. A Han character. Unihan defines it as teeth; gears, cogs; age; Kangxi radical 211.
  • Wheel, Han character U+8F2A. A Han character. Unihan defines it as wheel; revolve, turn; recur.
  • White sun with rays U+263C. Not a gear by name: a stand-in here. Code page 437 has it at 15, so the old Alt+15 types it.
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Machine emoji 12

  • Bicycle U+1F6B2. Filed under bike, cycle and spin. Emoji 0.6.
  • Chains U+26D3 U+FE0F. Filed under chain and chains. Emoji 0.7.
  • Clamp U+1F5DC U+FE0F. The emoji after Gear in Unicode’s list. Filed under clamp, vice and tool. Emoji 0.7.
  • Control knobs U+1F39B U+FE0F. Unicode notes it as audio control. Filed under control and knobs. Emoji 0.7.
  • Factory U+1F3ED. Filed under factory and building. Emoji 0.6.
  • Level slider U+1F39A U+FE0F. Unicode notes it as level control. Filed under level and slider. Emoji 0.7.
  • Mechanical arm U+1F9BE. Filed under mechanical and arm. Emoji 12.0.
  • Nut and bolt U+1F529. The emoji before Gear in Unicode’s list. Filed under nut, bolt and tool. Emoji 0.6.
  • Robot U+1F916. Filed under robot. Emoji 1.0.
  • Toolbox U+1F9F0. Filed under toolbox, mechanic and tool. Emoji 11.0.
  • Wheel U+1F6DE. Filed under wheel, turn and tire. Emoji 14.0.
  • Wrench U+1F527. Filed under wrench, spanner and tool. Emoji 0.6.

Equipment emoji 12

  • Backpack U+1F392. Filed under backpack, rucksack and backpacking. Emoji 0.6.
  • Compass U+1F9ED. Filed under compass and navigation. Emoji 11.0.
  • Diving mask U+1F93F. Filed under diving, scuba and snorkeling. Emoji 12.0.
  • Fishing pole U+1F3A3. Filed under fishing and pole. Emoji 0.6.
  • Flashlight U+1F526. Filed under flashlight, torch and tool. Emoji 0.6.
  • Gloves U+1F9E4. Filed under gloves. Emoji 5.0.
  • Goggles U+1F97D. Filed under goggles, protection and swimming. Emoji 11.0.
  • Hiking boot U+1F97E. Filed under hiking, camping and outdoors. Emoji 11.0.
  • Rescue worker’s helmet U+26D1 U+FE0F. Filed under helmet and rescue. Emoji 0.7.
  • Safety vest U+1F9BA. Filed under safety and vest. Emoji 12.0.
  • Skis U+1F3BF. Filed under ski and snow. Emoji 0.6.
  • Tent U+26FA. Filed under camping and tent. Emoji 0.6.

Gear emoticons 5

  • {(o)} A gear with a rim. Plain ASCII
  • {o} A small gear: a hub between two braces. Plain ASCII
  • {o}{o} Two gears meshing. Plain ASCII
  • {o}{O}{o} A gear train, small, large, small. Plain ASCII
  • {o}~~~{o} Two gears and a belt. Plain ASCII

Gear words 6

  • Clockwork ⚙️ By Wiktionary: a mechanism powered by a coiled spring, its power transmitted through toothed gearwheels
  • Cog ⚙️ By Wiktionary: a tooth on a gear; also a gear, especially a cogwheel
  • Cogwheel ⚙️ By Wiktionary: a gear wheel, a wheel whose toothed rim is meant to engage with others
  • Flywheel ⚙️ By Wiktionary: a rotating mass that keeps up a machine's speed
  • Gearbox ⚙️ By Wiktionary: an enclosed gear train
  • Sprocket ⚙️ By Wiktionary: a toothed wheel meshing with a chain

Gear sayings 9

  • Gear up By Wiktionary: to prepare for an activity. Gear, then up arrow.
  • Gearhead By Wiktionary, informal: a fan of new technology or of motoring. Gear, then racing car.
  • In gear By Wiktionary, informal: ready or active. Gear, then check mark button.
  • Just a cog By Wiktionary a cog is also a minor person in a bigger system. Gear, then person shrugging.
  • Like clockwork By Wiktionary: with perfect regularity and precision. Mantelpiece clock, then gear.
  • Low gear By Wiktionary, figurative: a state of minimal or sluggish activity. Gear, then snail.
  • Shift gears By Wiktionary, as an idiom: to switch pace or mode of operation. Gear, then right arrow, then gear.
  • Top gear By Wiktionary, figurative: the top level of activity or performance. Gear, then TOP arrow.
  • Well-oiled machine By Wiktionary: something that works capably by coordinating many parts well. Oil drum, then gear, twice.

Gear lines 5

  • ⚙️ Change it in settings For a reply
  • ⚙️ Gear list: ___ Fill in the blank
  • ⚙️ Gears turning, answer soon For a status
  • ⚙️ Getting in gear by ___ Fill in the blank
  • ⚙️ Settings > ___ Fill in the blank

Gear combos 14

  • Bike gears Bicycle, then gear.
  • Camping gear Tent, then backpack, then flashlight.
  • Clock repair Watch, then gear.
  • Diving gear Diving mask, then water wave.
  • Factory floor Factory, then gear.
  • Fishing gear Fishing pole, then fish, then bucket.
  • Gears turning Gear, three times.
  • Hiking gear Hiking boot, then backpack, then compass.
  • Robot parts Robot, then gear, then nut and bolt.
  • Safety gear Rescue worker’s helmet, then safety vest, then gloves.
  • Settings Gear, then level slider.
  • Ski gear Skis, then goggles, then gloves.
  • Thinking it through Brain, then gear.
  • Under the hood Automobile, then gear.

How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-09 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Gear is U+2699 U+FE0F, Emoji 1.0, in the group Objects, subgroup tool, between Nut and bolt and Clamp. CLDR gives it four words (cog, cogwheel, gear, tool) and files no other emoji under gear, cog or cogwheel; it files nothing under equipment, settings or kit. Character names are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt): three names hold the word gear, U+2699 Gear, U+26ED Gear without hub and U+26EE Gear with handles. Unicode's notes (Gear: technology, tools; Gear without hub: factory; Gear with handles: power plant, power substation; Control knobs: audio control; Level slider: level control) and the heading Map symbols from ARIB STD B24 over the two plain gears are from NamesList.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt); U+2699 dates from Unicode 4.1 and the two plain gears from 5.2 by DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt); U+2699 has a text style row in https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt. The two Han characters are defined as in the Unihan database, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip). Code page 437, which the old Alt codes follow, has no gear and has White sun with rays at 15 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437). That some apps take decimal Alt numbers from 256 to 65,535 and turn a hexadecimal number into its character with Alt+X is from Wikipedia, Alt code and Unicode input (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_code, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input); U+2699 is 9881 in decimal. The senses of gear and cog, the gear words and the sayings are as Wiktionary gives them (CC BY-SA 4.0): gear (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gear), cog (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cog), cogwheel (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cogwheel), gear wheel (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gear_wheel), sprocket (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprocket), gearbox (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gearbox), flywheel (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flywheel), clockwork (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clockwork), shift gears (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shift_gears), in gear (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_gear), top gear (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/top_gear), gear up (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gear_up), low gear (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low_gear), well-oiled machine (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well-oiled_machine), like clockwork (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/like_clockwork), gearhead (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gearhead). The five typed gears, the five lines and the fourteen combos are this site's own work, and so is the use of White sun with rays and the circled star as stand-ins. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, with definitions from the Unihan database, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.

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