⚙

⚙ U+2699, ⚙ GEAR ← ⚘ [U+2698] Miscellaneous Symbols ⚚ → [U+269A]

Translingual

Description

A gear.

Symbol

⚙︎

1. (computing) settings
2. (comics) Multiple gears indicate that a character is thinking and is probably about to have an idea. Compare 💡 (“light bulb symbol, indicates an idea”).

Presentations of ⚙︎

Text style	Emoji style
⚙︎	⚙️
Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️