Microbe 🦠
History & usage: This emoji shows a small, stylized microbe icon with a rounded body and tiny projections. In chats and social posts it signals biology topics, science updates, or a playful nod to microbe ideas in jokes or memes. UI labels and icon buttons may use it to mark science content, lab tips, or educational messages, making quick meaning clear at a glance. In reactions or notifications it can indicate curiosity about the living world, health topics, or experimental ideas. When used in threads, it helps readers know the post relates to science themes without lengthy explanations. Accessibility note: alt text describes it as a microbe icon for biology topics.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F9A0 - General Category:
So - Age:
11.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 A0 - UTF-16:
D83E DDA0 - UTF-32:
0001F9A0 - HTML dec:
🦠 - HTML hex:
🦠 - JS escape:
\u{1F9A0} - Python \N{}:
\N{MICROBE} - Python \U:
\U0001F9A0 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%A0 - CSS escape:
\1F9A0
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F9A0 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🦠 (hex) or 🦠 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.