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A petri dish, as used to culture <a href="/microbe/">microbes</a>. Depicted as a clear, shallow cylinder with a red, blue, or green growth medium, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar">agar</a>, with splotches of variously colored cells, like bacteria.

May be used for various content concerning biology and science more generally. May also be used to represent germs and other microorganisms.

Samsung&rsquo;s design features&nbsp;a lid, while&nbsp;Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-11.0/petri-dish/">previously</a> featured a dropper.

Petri Dish

11.0

A man who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences. Generally depicted wearing safety goggles and a white lab coat while holding a test tube filled with colorful liquid.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">&nbsp;</div>

Man Scientist

A woman who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences. Generally depicted wearing safety goggles and a white lab coat while holding a test tube filled with colorful liquid.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">&nbsp;</div>

Woman Scientist

A bug, or insect, generally depicted as a caterpillar, which becomes a <a href="/butterfly/">🦋 Butterfly</a>. Shown in full profile facing left, inching&nbsp;up on the back&nbsp;of its green, segmented, and&nbsp;textured body. Often featuring&nbsp;black stripes or yellow dots and tentacles on its head.

May be used to represent various insects, worms, and related animals. May also be used for&nbsp;metaphorical senses of bug.

Twitter&rsquo;s bug is purple. Apple&rsquo;s bug is hairy with a red head and legs and black stripes on its body. Facebook&rsquo;s&nbsp;bug also has a yellowish-orange head. <a href="/google/android-7.0/bug/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bug/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> bugs previously resembled an orange centipede or millipede, and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bug/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> had a cartoon-styled face with a purple nose.

A mosquito, a type of bloodsucking fly. Depicted as a brown or black mosquito on its six, long legs, with wings, long abdomen, and needle-like mouth. Variously shown from above or facing left.

May be used to represent various insects, other <a href="/bug/">bugs</a> and bug bites, and insect-borne diseases (e.g., <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/malaria/index.html">malaria</a>). May also be used for metaphorical pests.

Facebook&rsquo;s mosquito&nbsp;has a red abdomen, as if filled with <a href="/drop-of-blood/">blood</a>.

Mosquito

A microbe, as a bacterium grown in a <a href="/petri-dish/">🧫 Petri Dish</a> or observed under a <a href="/microscope/">🔬 Microscope</a>. Generally depicted as a squiggly, single-celled microorganism with prominent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilium">cilia</a>. Color, shape, and position vary across platforms.&nbsp;Commonly used to represent bacteria, viruses, and germs and disease more generally.

In 2020, this emoji became <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/spread-of-the-coronavirus-emoji/">primarily used</a> in reference to <a href="/coronavirus/">Coronavirus / COVID-19</a>.

Apple&#39;s version of this emoji most closely represents a virus, while others from&nbsp;Samsung, Microsoft and&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;appear as bright green bacteria. Other versions of this emoji also appear mainly as bacteria:&nbsp;Facebook&#39;s is&nbsp;indigo, and WhatsApp&rsquo;s purple. Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-9.0/microbe/">previously displayed</a> five microbes in&nbsp;different, bright colors.

Microbe

Clear safety goggles. When this emoji was approved in 2018 it was&nbsp;implied to be safety goggles rather than swimming goggles. A year later&nbsp;<a href="/diving-mask/">🤿&nbsp;Diving Mask</a>, which is&nbsp;similar in design&nbsp;but used&nbsp;to represent swimming goggles rather than safety goggles,&nbsp;was approved.

Goggles

A white coat worn in a science laboratory.

Lab Coat

An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus">abacus</a>, an ancient tool used to count and calculate by moving beads. Depicted as a wooden frame with four or more rows or columns of variously positioned and colored beads.

Used for various content concerning mathematics and science (education) as well as calculations,&nbsp;counting, and numbers more generally.

Designs from Apple&nbsp;and Facebook resemble a Chinese abacus (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suanpan">suanpan</a>), as did a <a href="/microsoft/windows-11/abacus/">previous</a> Microsoft design. By one reckoning, Apple&rsquo;s red-beaded&nbsp;design displays the number 108 and Emojipedia&#39;s, 12,031,981.

Abacus

An apparatus for distilling, as used in medieval <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy">alchemy</a>. Generally depicted as a round flask with a neck angled down to the right. Positioned on a short stand and containing a mysterious green, purple, or blue liquid.

Commonly used for various content concerning chemistry and science more generally. May represent various liquids, such as potions or&nbsp;medicines, as well as metaphorical laboratories and experiments.

Thanks to the alembic&rsquo;s association with alchemy, this emoji may also convey a sense of magic. And, thanks to its resemblance to a glass pipe, some use the emoji&nbsp;to represent&nbsp;a bong or other drug paraphernalia.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/alembic/">previously featured</a>&nbsp;a copper still, as used for making <a href="/tumbler-glass/">whiskey</a>.

Alembic

A test tube, as used to conduct chemical experiments in a laboratory. Depicted as a clear cylinder, open at one end and containing a green liquid. Positioned at a 45&deg; angle.

May be used for various content concerning chemistry and science more generally. May also represent other liquids, such as potions or medicines, as well metaphorical laboratories and experiments.

Some platforms include volume markings or display the liquid as bubbling.&nbsp;WhatsApp&rsquo;s design features a blue liquid.

Test Tube

The double helix of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA">DNA</a>, the genetic blueprint for life. Color and orientation vary across platforms, but positioned at a 45&deg; angle and in multiple, bright colors to represent the molecule&rsquo;s spiraling, ladder-like structure.

May be used for various content concerning biology, genetics, and science more generally. May also be used for various content concerning literal or figurative life and evolution.

DNA Double Helix

A&nbsp;microscope, as used in science laboratories to magnify small objects, such as <a href="/microbe/">cells</a> or <a href="/bug/">insects</a>. Depicted as a compound opitical microscope with an adjustable eyepiece, lens, arm, and slide&nbsp;stage mounted on a base. Generally shown as metal with the viewing apparatus facing left.

Commonly used for various content concerning science and research. May also be used for various senses of inspection (e.g., taking a closer took).

Google&rsquo;s design was <a href="/google/android-11.0/microscope/">previously</a> shown in red.

Microscope

A silver shower head, streaming water to the left. Pressure level varies across platforms. <a href="/soap/">🧼&nbsp;Soap</a> not provided.

Commonly used for various content concerning bathing, washing, cleaning, and water. Shower heads are also featured in <a href="/bathtub/">🛁&nbsp;Bathtub</a> and <a href="/person-taking-bath/">🛀&nbsp;Person Taking a Bath</a>.

Shower

A bar of soap, as used in the <a href="/shower/">shower</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/bathtub/">bath</a>&nbsp;or for hand washing.&nbsp;Generally shown with lathered bubbles. Depicted in various colors, often pink, and at different angles.

Commonly used for various content concerning bathing, washing, and cleaning.&nbsp;May be used to represent the opposite of dirt or being dirty.&nbsp;Recommended for use to <a href="/coronavirus/">prevent the spread of COVID-19</a>.

Bar of Soap

A fire extinguisher, as used to put out small <a href="/fire/">fires</a>. Depicted as a red tank with a black hose and pressure gauge. Most platforms include an image of a flame on a white label.

Commonly used for various content concerning fire safety, emergencies, and literal and figurative fires.

Fire Extinguisher

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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Sample emoji designs developed by Emojipedia for illustrative purposes.

Unicode 11.0 was released on June 5,&nbsp;2018.&nbsp;Emojis that require new code points for release are listed on this page&nbsp;but for the full 2018 emoji list&nbsp;see&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>.

Emoji 11.0 includes every new emoji, including variations for skin tone, gender and new emojis that don&#39;t require additional code points, such as the <a href="/chess-pawn/">chess pawn</a> or <a href="/pirate-flag/">pirate flag</a> which are not shown on this page.

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