Laundry Care Symbols

Wash, bleach, dry, and iron care icons you can copy and paste. Click any symbol to copy it instantly.

The official ISO 3758 laundry care symbols printed on clothing tags are not encoded as standalone Unicode text characters, so this reference gathers the closest Unicode equivalents — emoji and geometric shapes — grouped by what each care instruction means: washing and water, bleaching, drying, ironing heat levels, and “do not” prohibitions. Every tile copies a single character you can paste into care labels, packing lists, notes, and posts. Use the Unicode name shown beside each symbol so readers know exactly what it stands for.

Washing

Washing & Water Symbols

Closest Unicode stand-ins for the wash-tub care instruction — water, detergent, and machine-wash cues.

Basket (laundry)
Soap
Lotion Bottle (detergent)
Droplet (water)
Shower
Bathtub
Hot Springs (hot water)
Water Wave
Bleaching

Bleaching Symbols

The bleach care symbol is a triangle; an empty triangle means bleach is allowed and a crossed one means do not bleach.

White Up-Pointing Triangle (bleach allowed)
Black Up-Pointing Triangle
Warning Sign
Test Tube (chemicals)
Biohazard
Prohibited (do not bleach)
Drying

Drying Symbols

Sun, circle, and square shapes echo the tumble-dry and line-dry care icons.

Black Sun With Rays (line dry)
Sun With Face
Large Circle (tumble dry)
White Square (dry flat)
Dashing Away (air dry)
Safety Pin (line dry pegs)
Thermometer (drying heat)
Ironing

Ironing & Heat Symbols

Iron care symbols use one, two, or three dots for low, medium, and high heat — these Unicode dot characters mirror that scale.

Fire (high heat)
Hot Springs (steam)
One Dot (low heat)
Two Dots (medium heat)
Three Dots (high heat)
Recycling (eco wash)
Do Not

“Do Not” Prohibition Symbols

On a care tag, a cross through any symbol means do not do it. Pair these with the symbols above to signal do not wash, bleach, dry, or iron.

No Entry Sign (prohibited)
No Entry
Cross Mark
Ballot X
Heavy Ballot X
Circled Division Slash

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Hazard & Warning Symbols

Warning triangles, caution signs, and hazard symbols for safety labels.

Recycle & Environment Symbols

Recycling arrows and eco symbols for packaging and care labels.

Geometric Symbols

Triangles, squares, circles, and other shapes used in care iconography.