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Aries ♈️

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Symbols Zodiac Signs

Codepoint U+2648
Shortcode :aries:
Version Emoji 0.6

Meaning

The Aries symbol shows a stylized ram's horns—two curved lines meeting at a point, representing boldness and headstrong energy. Visually simple yet iconic, it's rendered in gold or bronze tones on most platforms, giving it an astrological air of significance.

Aries marks those born between March 21 and April 19. People use this to identify their sun sign in casual conversation, dating profiles, and astrology discussions. It's become shorthand for personality traits associated with the sign: courage, confidence, impulsiveness, and competitive spirit. You'll see it in memes about Aries traits ("Aries would definitely start a fight") and in horoscope posts across social media.

The ram's horns carry symbolic weight—they represent charging forward without hesitation, sometimes tactlessly. On TikTok and Instagram, astrology content creators frequently use zodiac symbols to tag posts about personality types and daily horoscopes. Aries natives themselves often proudly display the symbol as identity markers in bios and comments.

The zodiac symbols, including Aries, were part of Unicode's earliest iterations, approved in 2010 as part of Emoji 0.6, making them among the oldest standardized symbols in the modern emoji set.

Common Uses

  • Identifying your sun sign in dating profiles or bios
  • Sharing daily or monthly horoscopes
  • Making jokes about Aries personality stereotypes
  • Astrology discussions and zodiac posts

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

Aries is the first sign of the zodiac calendar, so astrology enthusiasts often joke that Aries natives need to be first at everything—even the zodiac itself.

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :aries:
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Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
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HTML (hex)
♈
CSS
\2648
JavaScript
\u2648
Python
\U00002648
Java
\u2648
Perl
\x{2648}
PHP / Ruby
\x{2648}
Punycode
xn--7k8
URL Encoded
%E2%99%88
UTF-8 Bytes
0xE2 0x99 0x88

♈️ in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali মেষ
Chinese (Simplified) 白羊座
Chinese (Traditional) 牡羊座
Danish vædderen
Dutch ram (sterrenbeeld)
English Aries
English (UK) Aries
Estonian Jäär
Finnish oinas-merkki
French bélier zodiaque
German Widder (Sternzeichen)
Hindi मेष
Hungarian kos csillagjegy
Italian Segno zodiacale dell’Ariete
Japanese おひつじ座
Korean 양자리
Lithuanian avinas
Malay Aries
Norwegian Væren
Polish Baran
Portuguese signo de Áries
Russian знак зодиака Овен
Spanish Aries
Spanish (Mexico) Aries
Swedish Väduren
Thai ราศีเมษ
Ukrainian Овен
Vietnamese Bạch Dương