🪯 Khanda

The 🪯 Khanda emoji belongs to the religious symbols, filed by Unicode under Symbols. In practice it comes up around deg, fateh, khalsa and religion. The keyword list continues with sikh, sikhism and tegh.

You can drop 🪯 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Religion and Belief. The character has been part of the standard since 2022 (Emoji 15.0). On older phones and operating systems it may still show as an empty box. Its code point is U+1FAAF.

• 🪯 on its own already flags the topic: deg.
• Fits messages about deg, fateh, khalsa and religion.
• Often seen near 🔯 Dotted Six-Pointed Star, 🕎 Menorah and ☮️ Peace Symbol.

The khanda is the central symbol of Sikhism and shows four elements: the double-edged sword at the centre for divine knowledge, the chakkar circle for the oneness of God, and two crossed sabres for spiritual and temporal responsibility.

With some 25 million adherents Sikhism is the world’s fifth-largest religion; Unicode only adopted the sign in 2021, after years of petitioning from the community.

• 🪯☯️ – Khanda and Yin Yang
• 🪯✝️ – Khanda with Latin Cross
• 🪯☪️ – Khanda plus Star and Crescent
• 🪯☦️ – Khanda and Orthodox Cross
• 🪯🔯 – Khanda with Dotted Six-Pointed Star
• 🪯⚛️ – Khanda plus Atom Symbol
• 🪯✡️ – Khanda and Star of David
• 🪯🕎 – Khanda with Menorah

Easy to mix up with 🔯 Dotted Six-Pointed Star, 🕎 Menorah or ☮️ Peace Symbol. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.