The drop of blood emoji is that tiny crimson teardrop you send when words like “Ouch,” “period,” or “vampire hours” need punctuation. It pops up in posts about menstruation and period positivity, blood donations, finger‑prick tests, and those classic chef-who-nicked-a-fingertip moments. People also use it for drama or grit—shorthand for “I bled for this,” whether it’s a brutal workout, concert mosh pit survival, or a sewing-needle mishap. In meme land, it doubles as a goth/emo accent, a Halloween mood booster, or a cheeky nod to Twilight/Dracula/True Blood fandoms. There’s even the anime-style wink: one drop to joke about a nosebleed reaction or an over-the-top spicy take.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji looks like a glossy, deep-red droplet with a rounded base and pointed tip, shaded to feel 3D with a bright white highlight near the top-left edge. It’s clean, minimal, and front-facing—no face, no extras—just a sleek little bead that seems moments from rolling off the screen.
Used sarcastically, it can mean “tiny injury, maximum drama,” or “my bank account after rent: bled dry.” Flirt-wise, it sometimes tags playful vampire banter (“bite me, but like… politely”). And for real-world good deeds, it’s the go-to emoji for Red Cross drives and “I donated today!” humblebrags.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 797 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - 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) | 1fa78 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1FA78 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129656 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA9 0xB8 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A9 B8 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 251 270 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDE78 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ede78 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56952 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001FA78 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01FA78 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129656 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001FA78" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa9\xb8" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDE78" |
