# 🧫 Petri dish emoji

🧫 Petri dish is an emoji in the science set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: bacteria, biologist, biology, culture and lab.

- Emoji: 🧫
- Unicode name: petri dish
- Code points: U+1F9EB
- Category: Objects, Science
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :petri_dish:
- Keywords: bacteria, biologist, biology, culture, dish, lab, petri
- Page: https://emojichart.com/petri-dish-emoji

## What it means

Labs use this shallow, round glass dish with a lid to grow bacteria and cell cultures. It relates to biology, microbiology and research, and is common in posts about science, experiments, germs and growth.

## How to type 🧫

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | placa de petri | bacterias, biología, biólogo, cultivo, laboratorio, placa de petri |
| Français (fr) | boîte de pétri | bactérie, bactériologie, biologie, biologiste, boîte de petri, boîte de pétri, culture, labo, laboratoire, micro-organismes, microbiologie, science |
| Deutsch (de) | Petrischale | Bakterien, Bakterienkultur, Biologe, Biologie, Biologin, Kultur, Labor, Petrischale, Pipette, Probe |
| Italiano (it) | piastra di Petri | batteri, batterio, biologa, biologia, biologo, capsula di petri, coltura, cultura, laboratorio, piastra di petri, piastra di Petri |
| Português (pt) | placa de Petri | bactéria, biologia, biologista, biólogo, ciência, cultura, laboratório, Petri, placa |
| Nederlands (nl) | petrischaal | bacterie, bacteriën, biologe, biologie, bioloog, cultuur, kweek, lab, laboratorium, petrischaal |
| Svenska (sv) | petriskål | bakterie, biolog, biologi, labb, petriskål |
| Polski (pl) | płytka Petriego | badania, bakteria, bakterie, biolog, biologia, kultura, laboratorium, płytka Petriego, szalka Petriego |
| Türkçe (tr) | petri kabı | bakteri, biyolog, biyoloji, kültür, laboratuvar, petri kabı |
| Русский (ru) | чашка Петри | анализы, бактерии, биолог, биология, лаборатория, чашка Петри, эксперимент |
| Українська (uk) | чашка Петрі | бактерії, бактерія, біолог, біологія, культура, лабораторія, чашка петрі, чашка Петрі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | τρυβλίο καλλιέργειας | βακτήρια, βιολογία, βιολόγος, εργαστήριο, καλλιέργεια, τρυβλίο καλλιέργειας |
| العربية (ar) | صحفة بتري | أحياء, أحيائي, باكتيريا, بكتيريا, بيولوجي, بيولوجيا, تايه, ثقافة, صحفة بتري, طبق بتري, عامل دماغ, عينة, فحص, مختبر, مش مركز, مشوش الذهن, معمل |
| עברית (he) | צלחת פטרי | ביולוגיה, חיידקים, מעבדה, ניסויים, צלחת פטרי, תרבית |
| فارسی (fa) | ظرف کشت | آزمایشگاه, باکتری, بیولوژی, پتری دیش, دانشمند, زیست شناسی, زیست‌شناس, زیست‌شناسی, ظرف کشت, کشت میکروب, لابراتوار, میکروب |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पेट्री डिश | कल्चर, किटाणु, कीटाणु, जीवविज्ञान, जीवविज्ञानी, जीवाणु, पेट्री डिश, प्रयोगशाला, बायो, बैकटीरिया, बैक्टीरिया, लैब, विज्ञान, साइन्स, साइंस |
| বাংলা (bn) | পেট্রি ডিশ | গবেষণাগার, জীববিজ্ঞানী, জীববিদ্যা, পেট্রি ডিশ, ব্যাকটেরিয়া, ল্যাব, সংস্কৃতি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | cawan petri | ahli biologi, bakteri, biakan, biologi, cawan petri, kultur, lab, laboratorium, pakar biologi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | đĩa petri | đĩa petri, nhà sinh vật học, nuôi cấy, phòng thí nghiệm, sinh vật học, vi khuẩn |
| ไทย (th) | จานเพาะเชื้อ | จาน, นักชีววิทยา, แบคทีเรีย, เพาะเชื้อ, แล็บ, ห้องปฏิบัติการ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ペトリ皿 | バクテリア, ペトリ皿, 培養, 実験, 生物学, 生物学者 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 페트리 접시 | 미생물, 박테리아, 생물학, 생물학자, 실험실, 페트리 접시 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 培养皿 | 培养, 培养皿, 实验室, 生物学, 生物学家, 细菌 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 培養皿 | 培養, 培養皿, 基因, 實驗, 實驗室, 生物, 生物學家, 細菌 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): petribakkie
- Akan (ak): petri aduane
- Albanian (sq): lamelë
- Amharic (am): የፔትሪ ዲሽ
- Armenian (hy): Պետրիի պնակ
- Assamese (as): পেট্ৰি ডিশ্ব
- Azerbaijani (az): Petri qabı
- Bashkir (ba): Петри сынаяғы
- Basque (eu): Petriren kaxa
- Belarusian (be): чашка Петры
- Bosnian (bs): petri jelo
- Breton (br): boest Petri
- Bulgarian (bg): блюдо на Петри
- Burmese (my): ဓာတ်ခွဲခန်းသုံး ဖန်ပြားခွက်
- Cantonese (yue): 培養皿
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 培养皿
- Catalan (ca): placa de Petri
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏩᎾᏬᏍᏒ ᏒᏙᏂ ᎤᎸᏌᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): петри чашки
- Croatian (hr): petrijeva zdjelica
- Czech (cs): Petriho miska
- Danish (da): petriskål
- Estonian (et): Petri tass
- Faroese (fo): petriskál
- Filipino (fil): petri dish
- Finnish (fi): petrimalja
- Galician (gl): placa de Petri
- Georgian (ka): პეტრის თასი
- Gujarati (gu): પેટ્રી ડિશ
- Hausa (ha): tasar petri
- Hungarian (hu): Petri-csésze
- Icelandic (is): petrískál
- Igbo (ig): efere petri
- Irish (ga): mias Petri
- Javanese (jv): cawan petri
- Kannada (kn): ಪೆಟ್ರಿ ಡಿಶ್
- Kazakh (kk): Петри ыдысы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): پەتري ىدىسى
- Khmer (km): ចានបណ្ដុះកោសិកា
- Konkani (kok): पेट्री डीश
- Kyrgyz (ky): Петри идиши
- Lao (lo): ຖ້ວຍບັນຈຸທາດຫ້ອງທົດລອງ
- Latvian (lv): Petri trauks
- Lithuanian (lt): petri lėkštelė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): Petrijowa šklicka
- Macedonian (mk): петриев сад
- Malay (ms): piring petri
- Malayalam (ml): പെട്രി ഡിഷ്
- Marathi (mr): पेट्री डिश
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): placa de Petri
- Mongolian (mn): петрийн аяга
- Nepali (ne): पेट्री डिस
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́trí Plet
- Norwegian (no): petriskål
- Odia (or): ପେଟ୍ରି ଡିସ୍‌
- Oromo (om): fuulessaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): پيټري ډش
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੈਟਰੀ ਡਿਸ਼
- Quechua (qu): petri plato
- Romanian (ro): vas Petri
- Romansh (rm): cuppina da Petri
- Sardinian (sc): piastra de Petri
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): soitheach Petri
- Serbian (sr): петријева шоља
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): petrijeva šolja
- Shan (shn): ၵွၵ်းၵႅဝ်ႈဢွၼ်ႇ ဢၼ်ၸႂ်ႉၼႂ်း ႁွင်ႈၽႃႇထၢတ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): پيٽري ڊش
- Sinhala (si): පෙට්‍ට්‍රි දීසිය
- Slovak (sk): Petriho miska
- Slovenian (sl): petrijevka
- Somali (so): saxan wax laga dhex arki karo
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): placa de Petri
- Swahili (sw): chombo cha kupondea
- Tamil (ta): பெட்ரி டிஷ்
- Telugu (te): పెట్రి డిష్
- Tigrinya (ti): ፔትሪ ዲሽ
- Tongan (to): tisi kemi
- Turkmen (tk): petri çaşkasy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): Petrijowa škleńca
- Urdu (ur): پیٹری ڈش
- Uzbek (uz): petri idishi
- Welsh (cy): dysgl petri
- Yoruba (yo): ounje
- Zulu (zu): petri dish

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9EB` |
| HTML | `🧫` |
| CSS | `\1F9EB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9EB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9EB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 AB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDEB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%AB` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧫 petri dish emoji mean?

Labs use this shallow, round glass dish with a lid to grow bacteria and cell cultures. It relates to biology, microbiology and research, and is common in posts about science, experiments, germs and growth.

### How do I type the 🧫 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “petri dish”. 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 :petri_dish:.

### When was the 🧫 emoji added?

🧫 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F9EB. In HTML you can write 🧫, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9EB}.

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