Female sign emoji meaning

The female sign emoji shows a circle with a straight line extending downward, ending in a cross. This symbol is traditionally linked to the female gender and is often used to represent concepts like womanhood, femininity, or issues related to women. People might use this emoji in discussions about gender identity, equality, or to highlight topics specific to women. It is one of the universal gender symbols, with roots in astronomy, biology, and culture, and has been widely recognized across different societies to symbolize the female identity.

The female sign emoji was approved in Unicode 1.1 and added in Emoji 4.0, see related proposal L2/16160