# 🦠 Microbe emoji

🦠 Microbe is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: amoeba, bacteria, science and virus.

- Emoji: 🦠
- Unicode name: microbe
- Code points: U+1F9A0
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :microbe:
- Keywords: amoeba, bacteria, microbe, science, virus
- Page: https://emojichart.com/microbe-emoji

## What it means

Blobby and spiked like a germ under a microscope, this cartoon microbe stands for tiny invisible life. It is used for germs, bacteria, viruses, illness, science, and conversations about pandemics.

## How to type 🦠

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | microbio | ameba, bacteria, germen, microbio, virus |
| Français (fr) | microbe | amibe, bactérie, biologie, microbe, microorganisme, phagocytose, pseudopode, science, virus |
| Deutsch (de) | Mikrobe | Amöbe, Amöben, Bakterie, Bakterien, Einzeller, Medizin, Mikrobe, Virus, Wissenschaft |
| Italiano (it) | microbo | ameba, batteri, batterio, microbo, scienza, virus |
| Português (pt) | micróbio | ameba, bactéria, ciência, micróbio, vírus |
| Nederlands (nl) | microbe | amoebe, bacteriën, microbe, virus, wetenschap |
| Svenska (sv) | mikrob | amöba, bakterie, mikrob, mikrober, virus |
| Polski (pl) | zarazek | ameba, ameby, bakteria, bakterie, drobnoustrój, mikrob, mikroby, nauka, wirus, zarazek |
| Türkçe (tr) | mikrop | amip, bakteri, bilim, deney, hastalık, hücre, laboratuvar, mikrop, tek hücreli, virüs |
| Русский (ru) | микроб | амеба, бактерия, вирус, микроб, наука |
| Українська (uk) | мікроб | амеба, бактерії, бактерія, вірус, мікроб, мікроби, мікроорганізм, наука, хвороба |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μικρόβιο | αμοιβάδα, βακτήρια, επιστήμη, ιός, μικρόβιο |
| العربية (ar) | جرثومة | أميبا, بكتيريا, جراثيم, جرثوم, جرثومة, علوم, فيرس, فيروس, فيروسات, ميكروب, ميكروبات |
| עברית (he) | מיקרוב | אמבה, וירוס, חיידק, מיקרואורגניזם, מיקרוב |
| فارسی (fa) | میکروب | آمیب, باکتری, تک سلولی, تک یاخته ای, جاندار تک یاخته‌ای, دانش, دانشمند, زیست, شیمی, علم, علوم, موجود ذره بینی, میکروب, ویروس |
| हिन्दी (hi) | रोगाणु | अमीबा, किटाणु, कीटाणु, बीमारी, बैकटीरिया, बैक्टीरिया, रोगाणु, वाइरस, वायरस, विषाणु, साइन्स, साइंस, स्कूल |
| বাংলা (bn) | জীবাণু | অ্যামিবা, জীবাণু, বিজ্ঞান, ব্যাকটেরিয়া, ভাইরাস, রোগ, রোগজীবাণু, রোগের জীবাণু, সায়েন্স |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | mikroba | ameba, amuba, bakteri, ilmu pengetahuan, mikroba, sains, virus |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | vi trùng | Amip, khoa học, vi khuẩn, vi rút, vi trùng |
| ไทย (th) | จุลินทรีย์ | จุลินทรีย์, แบคทีเรีย, วิทยาศาสตร์, ไวรัส, อะมีบา |
| 日本語 (ja) | 微生物 | アメーバ, ウイルス, バクテリア, 微生物, 科学, 細菌 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 미생물 | 과학, 미생물, 바이러스, 박테리아, 아메바 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 细菌 | 变形虫, 病毒, 科学, 细菌, 阿米巴 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 微生物 | 微生物, 濾過性病毒, 病毒, 細菌, 阿米巴 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): mikrobe
- Akan (ak): maikrobe
- Albanian (sq): mikrob
- Amharic (am): ተህዋሳት
- Anii (blo): gashɛmpɩɖɩpɩɖɩɩ
- Armenian (hy): մանրէ
- Assamese (as): জীবাণু
- Azerbaijani (az): mikrob
- Bashkir (ba): микроб
- Basque (eu): mikrobio
- Belarusian (be): мікроб
- Bosnian (bs): mikrob
- Breton (br): mikrob
- Bulgarian (bg): микроб
- Burmese (my): အဏုဇီဝရုပ်
- Cantonese (yue): 微生物
- Catalan (ca): microbi
- Cherokee (chr): ᎥᏳᎩ ᎠᏓᏠᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): микроб
- Croatian (hr): mikrob
- Czech (cs): mikrob
- Danish (da): mikrobe
- Estonian (et): mikroob
- Faroese (fo): smávera
- Filipino (fil): mikrobyo
- Finnish (fi): mikrobi
- Galician (gl): microbio
- Georgian (ka): მიკრობი
- Gujarati (gu): જીવાણુ
- Hausa (ha): tsutsar microbe
- Hungarian (hu): mikróba
- Icelandic (is): örvera
- Igbo (ig): microbe
- Irish (ga): miocrób
- Javanese (jv): mikroba
- Kannada (kn): ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಜೀವಿ
- Kazakh (kk): микроб
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ميكروب
- Khmer (km): មីក្រុប
- Konkani (kok): मायक्रोब
- Kyrgyz (ky): микроб
- Lao (lo): ຈຸລະພືກ
- Latvian (lv): mikrobs
- Lithuanian (lt): mikrobas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mikroba
- Macedonian (mk): микроба
- Malay (ms): mikrob
- Malayalam (ml): രോഗാണു
- Marathi (mr): मायक्रोब
- Mongolian (mn): микроб
- Nepali (ne): अत्यन्त साना किटाणु
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Maíkrob
- Norwegian (no): mikrobe
- Odia (or): କୀଟାଣୁ
- Oromo (om): maayikiroobii
- Pashto (ps): مايکروب
- Punjabi (pa): ਜੀਵਾਣੂ
- Quechua (qu): microbio
- Romanian (ro): microb
- Romansh (rm): microba
- Sardinian (sc): mìcrobu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bitheag
- Serbian (sr): микроб
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mikrob
- Shan (shn): မူင်ႈမႅင်းလဵၵ်ႉၼွႆႉ
- Sindhi (sd): مائڪروب
- Sinhala (si): ක්ෂුද්‍ර ජීවියා
- Slovak (sk): mikrób
- Slovenian (sl): mikrob
- Somali (so): mikrobe
- Swahili (sw): bakteria
- Tamil (ta): நுண்ணுயிரி
- Telugu (te): సూక్ష్మక్రిమి
- Tigrinya (ti): ማይክሮብ
- Tongan (to): siemu
- Turkmen (tk): mikrop
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mikroba
- Urdu (ur): جرثومہ
- Uzbek (uz): mikrob
- Welsh (cy): microb
- Yoruba (yo): maikirobu
- Zulu (zu): microbe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9A0` |
| HTML | `🦠` |
| CSS | `\1F9A0` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9A0}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9A0` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 A0` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDA0` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%A0` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦠 microbe emoji mean?

Blobby and spiked like a germ under a microscope, this cartoon microbe stands for tiny invisible life. It is used for germs, bacteria, viruses, illness, science, and conversations about pandemics.

### How do I type the 🦠 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “microbe”. 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 :microbe:.

### When was the 🦠 emoji added?

🦠 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F9A0. In HTML you can write 🦠, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9A0}.

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