Biohazard
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- Shortcode
:biohazard:- Unicode
U+2623- HTML
☣- CSS
\2623- JavaScript
"\u{2623}"- URL
%E2%98%A3%EF%B8%8F
What ☣️ means
The biohazard symbol. It means biological danger, like infectious waste or germs.
Jokingly it labels a gross fridge, a teenager's bedroom or a sick friend who should stay home. Lab and medical posts use it literally. Zombie and apocalypse fans like it too.
Facts
Biohazard ☣️ is an emoji in the symbols category, under warning. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :biohazard:. People also look for it with words like “sign”.
Timeline
- 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 1.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2017
2021
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2016
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.