☣️ Meaning – Biohazard Emoji

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Similar to the Radioactive sign, the international biohazard symbol is a warning against biological substances that pose a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily that of humans. It can also be used metaphorically meaning something is deadly. Biohazard Emoji can mean "This place poses a great biohazard threat!".

The Biohazard Emoji appeared in 1993, and also known as the Bio Hazard Sign. Sometimes it is mentioned as the Toxic Emoji.

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Biohazard Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+2623 U+FE0F
Unicode name: Biohazard
Category: Symbols / Warnings
Keywords: sign
Windows Alt-code: n/a
Decimal HTML Entity: ☣️
Hex HTML Entity: ☣️
UTF-16 hex: 0x2623 0xFE0F
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_hazard
Version: Unicode 1.1
Year: 1993 (see all emoji of 1993)

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🌐 Biohazard Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	Biogefährdung	Zeichen
Français	danger biologique	danger, symbole
Русский	биологическая угроза	опасность, угроза, химическая угроза
Español	riesgo biológico	peligro, señal
Italiano	simbolo del rischio biologico	biorischio, pericolo, rischio biologico, sostanze pericolose
Português	risco biológico	biológico, resíduos
Polski	zagrożenie ze strony organizmów żywych	biozagrożenie, niebezpieczeństwo, organizm, zagrożenie, żywy

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How to type Biohazard Emoji

There are number of methods to type Biohazard Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste ☣️ emoji

It's very easy to get Biohazard Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read ☣️ meaning and look at ☣️ pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

☣️ emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.