What 🪯 means
The Khanda — the emblem of the Sikh faith: a double-edged sword at center, a chakkar (circle) around it, flanked by two crossed kirpans. The 🪯 Khanda emoji (Emoji 15.0, September 2022) gave the world's fifth-largest religion its symbol on the keyboard, joining ✝️ ☪️ 🕉️ ✡️ and the rest.
Each element carries meaning: divine knowledge, the oneness of God, and the balance of spiritual and temporal power (miri-piri).
How and when to use it
- Festival greetings: "Happy Vaisakhi! 🪯"
- Gurdwara visits and community (sangat) posts: "Langar seva this morning 🪯 heart is full."
- A respectful marker of Sikh identity in bios and celebrations — treat it with the same care as any faith symbol.
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › religion
- Codepoints
U+1FAAF- Emoji version
- Emoji 15.0
- Shortcodes
:khanda:- Keywords
- Deg, Fateh, Khalsa, Khanda, religion, Sikh, Sikhism, Tegh
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🪯 Khanda or 🇸🇰 Flag: Slovakia?
Runs with a crowd
🪯 keeps company in baisakhi emojis and guru nanak jayanti emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.