U+1F489

syringe

๐Ÿ’‰ Emoji Meaning

A medical syringe, used to inject a vaccine or draw blood. Typically depicted at a 45ยฐ angle, with the needle at the top right. Commonly used for content about health, medicine, and related professions, as well as various references to needles, medications, tattoos, blood, or, more recently, the coronavirus vaccination. Originally used to represent a blood donation, and showing blood inside a bucket. In 2021, many platforms have switched to a more generic empty syringe. Google and Facebook's designs previously featured green liquid.

๐Ÿ’‰ Emoji Specification

Unicode
U+1F489
HTML Code
💉
CSS Code
\1f489
GitHub Shortcode
:syringe:

More Details

Unicode Name
syringe
Category
Objects
Sub Category
medical
Unicode Version
Unicode 6.0
Emoji Version
Emoji 0.6

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