# 🧽 Sponge emoji

🧽 Sponge is an emoji in the household set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: absorbing, cleaning, porous and soak.

- Emoji: 🧽
- Unicode name: sponge
- Code points: U+1F9FD
- Category: Objects, Household
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :sponge:
- Keywords: absorbing, cleaning, porous, soak, sponge
- Page: https://emojichart.com/sponge-emoji

## What it means

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 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | esponja | absorbente, esponja, limpiar, poroso |
| Français (fr) | éponge | absorbante, absorbe, éponge, laver, nettoyage, nettoyer, poreuse, savonner |
| Deutsch (de) | Schwamm | absorbieren, aufsaugen, löchrig, porös, putzen, Putzmittel, reinigen, sauber machen, Schaum, schäumen, Schwamm |
| Italiano (it) | spugna | assorbenza, assorbire, bagnare, poroso, pulire, pulizia, spugna, spugna porosa, spugnetta |
| Português (pt) | esponja | absorção, absorvente, encharcar, esponja, limpeza, porosa, poroso |
| Nederlands (nl) | spons | absorberen, absorberend, baden, poreus, schoonmaken, schrobben, spons |
| Svenska (sv) | tvättsvamp | mjuk, rengörande, tvättsvamp |
| Polski (pl) | gąbka | gąbka, myć, myć się, mycie, porowata, porowaty, sprzątać, sprzątanie, wchłanianie, wsiąka, wsiąkać |
| Türkçe (tr) | sünger | banyo, banyo yapmak, emici, emmek, gözenek, gözenekli, keselemek, köpürtmek, sünger, temizlik, yıkamak, yıkanmak |
| Русский (ru) | губка | ванна, впитывать, губка, мочалка, мыло, мыть, мытье посуды, пена, посуда, спонж, чистить |
| Українська (uk) | губка | губка, мочалка, поглинання, поглинати, пори, пористий, поролон, прибирання, чистити |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σφουγγάρι | απορροφητικό, καθάρισμα, μουλιάζω, πορώδες, πορώδης, σφουγγάρι |
| العربية (ar) | اسفنجة | إسفنج, إسفنجة, اسفنجة, تنظيف, حك, دعك, سفنج, سفنجة, فراغ, فراغات, ماص, مسام, مسامي, نظافة, نقع |
| עברית (he) | ספוג | לנקות, לספוג, לרחוץ, מקלחת, נקבובי, ספוג |
| فارسی (fa) | لیف حمام | آب کشیدن, اسفنج, پاک کردن, پرمنفذ, تمیز, تمیز کردن, تمیزکاری, جاذب, جذب, خانه تکانی, لیف, لیف حمام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | स्पंज | छिद्रयुक्त, धोना, पानी, बर्तन धोना, सफ़ाई, साफ़, सोक, सोकना, सोख, सोखना, स्पंज |
| বাংলা (bn) | স্পঞ্জ | ছিদ্রময়, জবজবে, পরিষ্কার, ভিজে যাওয়া, ভেজানো, শুষে নেওয়া, শোষক, সাফাই, স্পঞ্জ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | spons | berpori, bersih-bersih, membersihkan, menyerap, merendam, spons |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bọt biển | bọt biển, hấp thụ, hút, làm sạch, vệ sinh, xốp |
| ไทย (th) | ฟองน้ำ | ดูดซึม, ทำความสะอาด, ฟองน้ำ, รูพรุน, ล้างจาน, อาบน้ำ |
| 日本語 (ja) | スポンジ | スポンジ, 吸収, 掃除, 海綿 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 스펀지 | 구멍이 뽕뽕, 스펀지, 청소, 흡수 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 海绵 | 吸收, 吸水, 多孔, 海绵, 浸泡, 清洁, 渗透 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 海綿 | 吸收, 吸水, 多孔, 海綿, 浸泡, 清潔, 透氣 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): spons
- Akan (ak): sapͻ
- Albanian (sq): sfungjer
- Amharic (am): ስፖንጅ
- Armenian (hy): սպունգ
- Assamese (as): স্পঞ্জ
- Azerbaijani (az): süngər
- Bashkir (ba): губка
- Basque (eu): belaki
- Belarusian (be): мачалка
- Bosnian (bs): spužva
- Breton (br): spoueenn
- Bulgarian (bg): гъба за баня
- Burmese (my): ရေမြှုပ်
- Cantonese (yue): 海綿
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 海绵
- Catalan (ca): esponja
- Cherokee (chr): ᏓᏬᎵ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): губка
- Croatian (hr): spužva
- Czech (cs): mycí houba
- Danish (da): vaskesvamp
- Estonian (et): pesukäsn
- Faroese (fo): svampur
- Filipino (fil): espongha
- Finnish (fi): pesusieni
- Galician (gl): esponxa
- Georgian (ka): სარეცხი ღრუბელი
- Gujarati (gu): સ્પંજ
- Hausa (ha): soso
- Hungarian (hu): szivacs
- Icelandic (is): svampur
- Igbo (ig): sapo
- Irish (ga): spúinse
- Javanese (jv): sepon
- Kannada (kn): ಸ್ಪಾಂಜ್
- Kazakh (kk): губка
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): گۋبكا
- Khmer (km): អេប៉ុង
- Konkani (kok): स्पाँज
- Kyrgyz (ky): губка
- Lao (lo): ຟອງນ້ຳ
- Latvian (lv): sūklis
- Lithuanian (lt): kempinė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gubiba
- Macedonian (mk): сунѓер
- Malay (ms): span
- Malayalam (ml): സ്‌പോഞ്ച്
- Marathi (mr): स्पंज
- Mongolian (mn): хөвсгөр ус шингээгч резин
- Nepali (ne): स्पोन्ज
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Spọnj
- Norwegian (no): svamp
- Odia (or): ସ୍ପଞ୍ଜ
- Oromo (om): ispoonjii
- Pashto (ps): اسفنج
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਪੰਜ
- Quechua (qu): sponge
- Romanian (ro): burete
- Romansh (rm): spungia
- Sardinian (sc): ispugna
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): spong
- Serbian (sr): сунђер
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sunđer
- Shan (shn): ၽေႃႉၼမ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): جذب ڪار
- Sinhala (si): ස්පොන්ජ්
- Slovak (sk): špongia
- Slovenian (sl): spužva
- Somali (so): isboonji
- Swahili (sw): sifongo
- Tamil (ta): ஸ்பான்ஞ்
- Telugu (te): స్పాంజ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰፍነግ
- Tongan (to): oma
- Turkmen (tk): moçalka
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hubica
- Urdu (ur): اسفنج
- Uzbek (uz): yuvgich
- Welsh (cy): sbwng
- Yoruba (yo): kàyìnkàyìn
- Zulu (zu): isipontshi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/sponge-emoji