☸️ Wheel of Dharma

The ☸️ Wheel of Dharma emoji belongs to the religious symbols, filed by Unicode under Symbols. It usually appears in messages about buddhist, dharma, religion and wheel.

You can drop ☸️ into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Religion and Belief. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.7 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+2638.

• A single ☸️ is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about buddhist, dharma, religion and wheel.
• Often seen near ☯️ Yin Yang, ✡️ Star of David and 🕉️ Om.

The dharmachakra, wheel of the teaching, stands in Buddhism for the Buddha’s discourses; its eight spokes denote the Eightfold Path. It is among the oldest Buddhist symbols of all, appearing on the pillars of Ashoka from the third century BC.

India still carries the wheel on its national flag, as the Ashoka Chakra.

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

Easy to mix up with ☯️ Yin Yang, ✡️ Star of David or 🕉️ Om. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.