Culturally, it swings between earnest public‑health vibes and pure meme-speak. You’ll spot it in supportive updates (“got my booster!”), tossed in sarcastically (“inject the drama into my veins”), and even flirted with when someone claims they’re “addicted” to your texts. It’s that rare little icon that can simultaneously say “stay healthy,” “I’m needle-phobic,” and “this track goes hard.”
On iOS, it’s a clean, clinical tool: angled around 45 degrees with a sharp steel tip, a translucent barrel etched with measurement lines, and a white plunger, typically filled with clear or pale blue liquid. Apple retired the old blood-red look—drip and all—for a friendlier, vaccine-forward design. The ready-to-poke stance is instantly recognizable in feeds. Pair it with 😬 for jittery energy, 💪 for brave-patient swagger, or ☕ when you’re begging for a caffeine IV.
Functionally, it’s the tiny digital jab that covers the spectrum from real-world vaccines and blood draws to the exaggerated “I need coffee, straight into my veins.” It shows up in health chatter (flu shots, boosters, lab work), tattoo and cosmetic threads (ink sessions, Botox appointments), and the occasional sports-meme wink about “performance enhancers.” It spiked in fame during vax selfie season, often teamed with bandage pics, flexed biceps, and a triumphant “did the thing.” Online, it doubles as hyperbole: when a playlist slaps, a show drops a new season, or pumpkin spice makes its comeback, people hit this emoji like it’s a dopamine delivery device.
Definition
Supposed to mean doctor. A syringe icon filled with a red substance which is also dripping from the tip.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
866 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:syringe:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Medical Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Medical Symbols
Names & Annotations
SYRINGE Temporary Notes: with blood
Symbol Information
U+1F489 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-509
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[注射]
KDDI
#304 注射器(血) U+E510 SJIS-F6E9 JIS-766B
Softbank
#268 #old149 注射 U+E13B SJIS-F77B
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
💉
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
💉
Decimal HTML Entity
💉
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
💉
Hex Code Point(s)
1f489
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F489
Decimal Code Point(s)
128137
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x89
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 92 89
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 222 211
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC89
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc89
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56457
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F489
UTF-32 Hex
01F489
UTF-32 Dec
128137
Python Src
u"\U0001F489"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x92\x89"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC89"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
