Emoji Chart
🧽U+1F9FD

Sponge emoji

A cleaning sponge, often yellow, with a porous texture. Scrubbing, absorbing and cleaning are its jobs, and it fits washing dishes, cleaning up, soaking things up and wiping spills.

Unicode name
sponge
Category
Objects, Household
Added
Emoji 11.0 in 2018
Code points
U+1F9FD
Shortcode
:sponge:
Keywords
absorbing, cleaning, porous, soak, sponge

How it looks

🧽
Your device
Sponge emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Sponge emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Sponge emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🧽

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolesponjaabsorbente, esponja, limpiar, poroso
Françaisépongeabsorbante, absorbe, éponge, laver, nettoyage, nettoyer, poreuse, savonner
DeutschSchwammabsorbieren, aufsaugen, löchrig, porös, putzen, Putzmittel, reinigen, sauber machen, Schaum, schäumen, Schwamm
Italianospugnaassorbenza, assorbire, bagnare, poroso, pulire, pulizia, spugna, spugna porosa, spugnetta
Portuguêsesponjaabsorção, absorvente, encharcar, esponja, limpeza, porosa, poroso
Nederlandssponsabsorberen, absorberend, baden, poreus, schoonmaken, schrobben, spons
Svenskatvättsvampmjuk, rengörande, tvättsvamp
Polskigąbkagąbka, myć, myć się, mycie, porowata, porowaty, sprzątać, sprzątanie, wchłanianie, wsiąka, wsiąkać
Türkçesüngerbanyo, banyo yapmak, emici, emmek, gözenek, gözenekli, keselemek, köpürtmek, sünger, temizlik, yıkamak, yıkanmak
Русскийгубкаванна, впитывать, губка, мочалка, мыло, мыть, мытье посуды, пена, посуда, спонж, чистить
Українськагубкагубка, мочалка, поглинання, поглинати, пори, пористий, поролон, прибирання, чистити
Ελληνικάσφουγγάριαπορροφητικό, καθάρισμα, μουλιάζω, πορώδες, πορώδης, σφουγγάρι
العربيةاسفنجةإسفنج, إسفنجة, اسفنجة, تنظيف, حك, دعك, سفنج, سفنجة, فراغ, فراغات, ماص, مسام, مسامي, نظافة, نقع
עבריתספוגלנקות, לספוג, לרחוץ, מקלחת, נקבובי, ספוג
فارسیلیف حمامآب کشیدن, اسفنج, پاک کردن, پرمنفذ, تمیز, تمیز کردن, تمیزکاری, جاذب, جذب, خانه تکانی, لیف, لیف حمام
हिन्दीस्पंजछिद्रयुक्त, धोना, पानी, बर्तन धोना, सफ़ाई, साफ़, सोक, सोकना, सोख, सोखना, स्पंज
বাংলাস্পঞ্জছিদ্রময়, জবজবে, পরিষ্কার, ভিজে যাওয়া, ভেজানো, শুষে নেওয়া, শোষক, সাফাই, স্পঞ্জ
Bahasa Indonesiasponsberpori, bersih-bersih, membersihkan, menyerap, merendam, spons
Tiếng Việtbọt biểnbọt biển, hấp thụ, hút, làm sạch, vệ sinh, xốp
ไทยฟองน้ำดูดซึม, ทำความสะอาด, ฟองน้ำ, รูพรุน, ล้างจาน, อาบน้ำ
日本語スポンジスポンジ, 吸収, 掃除, 海綿
한국어스펀지구멍이 뽕뽕, 스펀지, 청소, 흡수
中文(简体)海绵吸收, 吸水, 多孔, 海绵, 浸泡, 清洁, 渗透
中文(繁體)海綿吸收, 吸水, 多孔, 海綿, 浸泡, 清潔, 透氣
Names in 82 more languages
Afrikaansspons
Akansapͻ
Albaniansfungjer
Amharicስፖንጅ
Armenianսպունգ
Assameseস্পঞ্জ
Azerbaijanisüngər
Bashkirгубка
Basquebelaki
Belarusianмачалка
Bosnianspužva
Bretonspoueenn
Bulgarianгъба за баня
Burmeseရေမြှုပ်
Cantonese海綿
Cantonese (Simplified)海绵
Catalanesponja
CherokeeᏓᏬᎵ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ
Chuvashгубка
Croatianspužva
Czechmycí houba
Danishvaskesvamp
Estonianpesukäsn
Faroesesvampur
Filipinoespongha
Finnishpesusieni
Galicianesponxa
Georgianსარეცხი ღრუბელი
Gujaratiસ્પંજ
Hausasoso
Hungarianszivacs
Icelandicsvampur
Igbosapo
Irishspúinse
Javanesesepon
Kannadaಸ್ಪಾಂಜ್
Kazakhгубка
Kazakh (Arabic)گۋبكا
Khmerអេប៉ុង
Konkaniस्पाँज
Kyrgyzгубка
Laoຟອງນ້ຳ
Latviansūklis
Lithuaniankempinė
Lower Sorbiangubiba
Macedonianсунѓер
Malayspan
Malayalamസ്‌പോഞ്ച്
Marathiस्पंज
Mongolianхөвсгөр ус шингээгч резин
Nepaliस्पोन्ज
Nigerian PidginSpọnj
Norwegiansvamp
Odiaସ୍ପଞ୍ଜ
Oromoispoonjii
Pashtoاسفنج
Punjabiਸਪੰਜ
Quechuasponge
Romanianburete
Romanshspungia
Sardinianispugna
Scottish Gaelicspong
Serbianсунђер
Serbian (Latin)sunđer
Shanၽေႃႉၼမ်ႉ
Sindhiجذب ڪار
Sinhalaස්පොන්ජ්
Slovakšpongia
Slovenianspužva
Somaliisboonji
Swahilisifongo
Tamilஸ்பான்ஞ்
Teluguస్పాంజ్
Tigrinyaሰፍነግ
Tonganoma
Turkmenmoçalka
Upper Sorbianhubica
Urduاسفنج
Uzbekyuvgich
Welshsbwng
Yorubakàyìnkàyìn
Zuluisipontshi

Codes

Code points
U+1F9FD
HTML
🧽
CSS
\1F9FD
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9FD}
Python
\U0001F9FD
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 BD
UTF-16
D83E DDFD
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%BD

Questions

What does the 🧽 sponge emoji mean?

A cleaning sponge, often yellow, with a porous texture. Scrubbing, absorbing and cleaning are its jobs, and it fits washing dishes, cleaning up, soaking things up and wiping spills.

How do I type the 🧽 emoji?

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

When was the 🧽 emoji added?

🧽 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧽?

U+1F9FD. In HTML you can write 🧽, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9FD}.

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