Staff Of Aesculapius
Staff Of Aesculapius has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ⚕
- Unicode
- U+2695
About this symbol
The staff of Aesculapius, a rod with a single snake coiled round it, belongs to the Greek god of healing and is the true symbol of medicine, used by the World Health Organization and many medical bodies.
It is often confused with the caduceus ☤, the winged staff with two snakes carried by Hermes, messenger of the gods.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS
- Also called
- Medical term
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Unicode group
- Dictionary and map symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 4.1 (2005)
- Unicode notes
- Both inclined or upright renderings of this symbol are common
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