Meaning
A warning symbol for biological hazards, often used to joke about germs, toxic messes, or contagious situations.
Category: Symbols
☣️biohazard
☣️ biohazard belongs to Symbols. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:biohazard:
Keywords
signbiohazard
What does ☣️ biohazard mean?
The biohazard emoji represents the international symbol warning of dangerous biological substances. It is often used literally in medical, laboratory, or waste disposal contexts. Depending on context, it can also be used figuratively to joke about something being highly contagious, gross, or toxic.
Often used for
- Warning about actual biological hazards or medical waste
- Joking about a very messy or dirty room or fridge
- Talking about being sick or contagious
- Describing a toxic or dangerous situation
Tone: It can be used seriously in scientific or medical contexts, but is just as often used humorously to exaggerate how gross or contagious something is.
Illustrative message examples with ☣️
These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.
- don't go in the kitchen rn it's a ☣️
- i caught whatever is going around the office ☣️
- need to clean out the fridge, it's becoming a ☣️
- that relationship was a total ☣️ glad you're out
- remember to wear your ppe in the lab ☣️
Combos, text art & scenes with ☣️
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How ☣️ biohazard looks
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☣️ biohazard codes for developers
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| Emoji | ☣️ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+2623 U+FE0F | |
| HTML (decimal) | ☣️ | |
| HTML (hex) | ☣️ | |
| CSS | \2623\FE0F | |
| JavaScript | \u{2623}\u{FE0F} | |
| JSON | \u2623\uFE0F | |
| URL encoded | %E2%98%A3%EF%B8%8F | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :biohazard: |
☣️ in other languages
Spanishriesgo biológicoFrenchdanger biologiqueGermanBiogefährdungItaliansimbolo del rischio biologicoPortugueserisco biológicoRussianбиологическая угрозаJapaneseバイオハザードKorean생물학적 위험Chinese生物危害LithuanianbiorizikaPolishzagrożenie ze strony organizmów żywych
Source: Unicode CLDR
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