# ☣️ Biohazard emoji

☣️ Biohazard is an emoji in the warnings set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: sign.

- Emoji: ☣️
- Unicode name: biohazard
- Code points: U+2623 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Warnings
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :biohazard:
- Keywords: biohazard, sign
- Page: https://emojichart.com/biohazard-emoji

## What it means

The biological hazard sign, three crescent shapes arranged around a small circle. It warns of infectious or biologically dangerous material, and people use it in posts about disease, labs and contamination, or figuratively for something toxic or gross.

## How to type ☣️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “biohazard”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “biohazard”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “biohazard”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “biohazard”.
- GitHub: Type :biohazard: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | riesgo biológico | peligro, riesgo biológico, señal |
| Français (fr) | danger biologique | danger, danger biologique, symbole |
| Deutsch (de) | Biogefährdung | Biogefährdung, Zeichen |
| Italiano (it) | simbolo del rischio biologico | biorischio, pericolo, rischio biologico, simbolo del rischio biologico, sostanze pericolose |
| Português (pt) | risco biológico | biológico, ciência, perigo, resíduos, resíduos biológicos, risco |
| Nederlands (nl) | biologisch gevaar | biologisch gevaar, teken |
| Svenska (sv) | biologisk fara | biologisk, fara, skylt, varning |
| Polski (pl) | zagrożenie ze strony organizmów żywych | biozagrożenie, niebezpieczeństwo, organizm, zagrożenie, zagrożenie ze strony organizmów żywych, żywy |
| Türkçe (tr) | biyolojik tehlike | biyolojik tehlike, sembol |
| Русский (ru) | биологическая угроза | биологическая, знак, опасность, угроза, химическая |
| Українська (uk) | біологічна загроза | біологічна загроза, біологічна небезпека, знак |
| Ελληνικά (el) | βιολογικός κίνδυνος | βιολογικός κίνδυνος, σήμα |
| العربية (ar) | خطورة بيولوجية | إشارة, اشارة, خطر أحيائي, خطورة بيولوجية, رمز |
| עברית (he) | סכנה ביולוגית | אזהרה, ביולוגי, זיהום, מסוכן, סכנה, סכנה ביולוגית, שלט |
| فارسی (fa) | خطر زیستی | خطر زیستی, نماد خطر, نماد خطر زیستی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जैवसंकट | जैवसंकट, बायोहाज़र्ड, संकेत |
| বাংলা (bn) | বায়োহ্যাজার্ড | চিহ্ন, বায়োহ্যাজার্ড, বিপদজনক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | biohazard | bahaya, biohazard, lambang, simbol, tanda |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nguy hiểm sinh học | ký hiệu, nguy hiểm sinh học |
| ไทย (th) | เชื้อโรคอันตราย | เชื้อโรค, เชื้อโรคอันตราย, อันตราย |
| 日本語 (ja) | バイオハザード | バイオハザード, 危険, 有害物質 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 생물학적 위험 | 바이오하자드, 바이오해저드, 생물학적 위험, 표시 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 生物危害 | 动物, 当心感染, 污染, 生物危害, 警告 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 危害生物 | 危害生物, 對生物有害 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): biogevaar
- Akan (ak): bayohasaade
- Albanian (sq): rrezik biologjik
- Amharic (am): የባዮሎጂካል አደገኛ ምልክት
- Armenian (hy): կենսաբանական վտանգ
- Assamese (as): জৈৱ-বিপত্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): biotəhlükəli
- Bashkir (ba): биохәүеф
- Basque (eu): arrisku biologikoa
- Belarusian (be): біялагічная небяспека
- Bosnian (bs): biološka opasnost
- Breton (br): riskl bevoniel
- Bulgarian (bg): биологична опасност
- Burmese (my): ဇီဝအန္တရာယ်
- Cantonese (yue): 生物危害
- Catalan (ca): risc biològic
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᎯᎯ
- Chuvash (cv): биологи хӑрушлӑхӗ
- Croatian (hr): biološka opasnost
- Czech (cs): biohazard
- Danish (da): biologisk fare
- Estonian (et): bioloogiline oht
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): perigo biológico
- Faroese (fo): lívfrøðiligur vandi
- Filipino (fil): biohazard
- Finnish (fi): biologinen vaara
- Galician (gl): sinal de perigo biolóxico
- Georgian (ka): ბიოლოგიური საფრთხე
- Gujarati (gu): બાયોહેઝાર્ડ
- Hausa (ha): mai haɗari ga hallitu
- Hungarian (hu): biológiai veszély
- Icelandic (is): hættuleg efni
- Igbo (ig): nje dị njọ
- Irish (ga): bithghuais
- Javanese (jv): bebaya hayati
- Kalaallisut (kl): biologisk fare
- Kannada (kn): ಜೈವಿಕ ನೈರ್ಮಲ್ಯ
- Kazakh (kk): биологиялық қауіп
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بيولوگيالىق قاۋىپ
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាគ្រោះថ្នាក់ផ្នែកជីវសាស្ត្រ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gifite ingaruka ku buzima
- Konkani (kok): बायोहजार्ड
- Kyrgyz (ky): биологиялык коркунуч
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): uk’axk’olil k’aslemal
- Lao (lo): ເຊື້ອພະຍາດອັນຕະລາຍ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): peligro biológico
- Latvian (lv): bioloģiskais apdraudējums
- Lithuanian (lt): biorizika
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): biologiske wobgrozenje
- Luxembourgish (lb): Ëmweltgefor
- Macedonian (mk): биолошка опасност
- Malay (ms): biobahaya
- Malayalam (ml): ബയോഹസാർഡ്
- Maltese (mt): perikolu bijoloġiku
- Marathi (mr): जैवसंकट
- Mongolian (mn): биологийн аюултай
- Māori (mi): pūmate koiora
- Nepali (ne): बायोहाजार्ड
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Báioházad
- Northern Sotho (nso): kotsitlhagong
- Norwegian (no): farlig biologisk materiale
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): farleg biologisk materiale
- Odia (or): ଜୈବ ବିପଦ
- Oromo (om): baayoohaazaardii
- Pashto (ps): بایو خطر
- Punjabi (pa): ਜੈਵਿਕ-ਜੋਖਮ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): حیاتیاتی
- Quechua (qu): biologico qupa
- Romanian (ro): risc biologic
- Romansh (rm): signal da privel biologic
- Sardinian (sc): perìgulu biològicu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cunnart bith-eòlach
- Serbian (sr): опасно по живот
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): opasno po život
- Shan (shn): ၽေးသၢႆၸႂ်
- Sindhi (sd): حياتي لاءِ نقصانڪار
- Sinhala (si): ජෛව අනතුරුදායක
- Slovak (sk): biologické riziko
- Slovenian (sl): bionevarnost
- Somali (so): halis ku ah noolaha
- Swahili (sw): tahadhari ya kibayalojia
- Swahili (Kenya) (sw-KE): tahadhari ya kibilojia
- Tajik (tg): хатари биологӣ
- Tamil (ta): உயிரியல் ஆராய்ச்சியினால் ஏற்படும் தீமை
- Telugu (te): బయో హజార్డ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ናይ ሓደጋ
- Tongan (to): fakatuʻutāmaki moʻui
- Tswana (tn): kotsi mo ditsheding
- Turkmen (tk): biologik howp
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): biologiski strach
- Urdu (ur): زندگی کے لیے مضر
- Uyghur (ug): بىيولوگىيەلىك خەتەر
- Uzbek (uz): biologik xavf
- Welsh (cy): bioberyg
- Wolof (wo): risku-bio
- Xhosa (xh): i-biohazard
- Yoruba (yo): ewu ajẹmọ́nìyàn
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ewu ajɛmɔ́nìyàn
- Zulu (zu): okungaba nobungozi kumvelo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2623 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `☣️` |
| CSS | `\2623\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2623}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2623\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 98 A3 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2623 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%98%A3%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ☣️ biohazard emoji mean?

The biological hazard sign, three crescent shapes arranged around a small circle. It warns of infectious or biologically dangerous material, and people use it in posts about disease, labs and contamination, or figuratively for something toxic or gross.

### How do I type the ☣️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “biohazard”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :biohazard:.

### When was the ☣️ emoji added?

☣️ was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for ☣️?

U+2623 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ☣️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2623}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/biohazard-emoji