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💊Pill Emoji
💊 pill is encoded at U+1F48A and shipped with Unicode 6.0 (2010). Unicode files it under Objects → Medical, alongside 6 related emojis.
What 💊 pill means
Health updates, appointments and injuries. 💉 covers vaccinations, blood tests and needle fear, and Apple redrew it without blood droplets in iOS 14.2 in 2020 so it would suit vaccine posts. The drop of blood 🩸 was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 after public campaigning for a period emoji. 🩹 is often figurative, marking a temporary fix.
Unicode tags this one doctor, drugs and medicated and files it under Objects → Medical.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F48A | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 💊 | |
| HTML decimal | 💊 | |
| CSS | \1F48A | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F48A} | |
| Python | \U0001F48A | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDC8A | |
| Rust | \u{1f48a} | |
| Swift | \u{1F48A} | |
| PHP | \u{1F48A} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%92%8A | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 92 8A | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DC8A | |
| Base64 | 8J+Sig== | |
| Decimal | 128138 | |
| Introduced | Unicode 6.0 (2010) | |
Keywords
Appears in these collections
How to type 💊
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “pill”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “doctor”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type1f48aand Enter. - HTML — paste
💊.
How 💊 renders
The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.
- 💊Apple
- 💊Segoe
- 💊Noto
- 💊System
Frequently asked questions
What does the 💊 pill emoji mean?+
💊 is the pill emoji, tagged doctor, drugs and medicated. Health updates, appointments and injuries. 💉 covers vaccinations, blood tests and needle fear, and Apple redrew it without blood droplets in iOS 14.2 in 2020 so it would suit vaccine posts. The drop of blood 🩸 was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 after public campaigning for a period emoji. 🩹 is often figurative, marking a temporary fix.
What is the Unicode code for 💊?+
pill is U+1F48A. In HTML that is 💊, in CSS \1F48A, and in JavaScript \u{1F48A}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the 💊 emoji added?+
pill got its emoji presentation in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.
Related emojis
More emojis from Medical in Objects.
Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as 💊 pill.