Objects · Science equipment
🧫 Petri Dish
- Emoji
- 🧫
- Unicode
- U+1F9EB
- Shortcode
- :petri_dish:
- HTML code
- 🧫
- Approved in
- Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- Category
- Objects
What does the 🧫 emoji mean?
The 🧫 emoji shows petri dish. It's one of the object emojis (science equipment) and is used when talking about bacteria, biologist, biology and culture, or to illustrate a message about that object.
Keywords: bacteria, biologist, biology, culture, dish, lab, petri.
How 🧫 looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type 🧫 on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “petri dish” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “petri dish”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “petri dish”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “petri dish”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :petri_dish: |
🧫 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | petri dish |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F9EB |
| HTML decimal | 🧫 |
| HTML hex | 🧫 |
| CSS | \1F9EB |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9EB} |
| Shortcode | :petri_dish: |
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What does the 🧫 emoji mean?
The 🧫 emoji shows petri dish. It's one of the object emojis (science equipment) and is used when talking about bacteria, biologist, biology and culture, or to illustrate a message about that object.
How do I copy and paste the petri dish emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “petri dish”.
When was the 🧫 emoji released?
It was approved in Emoji 11.0, in 2018. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.