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☣️ Biohazard
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☣️ Emoji meaning
Warning, risk of infection! Virus, infection, illness, environmental hazard.
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☣️ Meaning
The biohazard sign warns of biological substances that pose a threat to humans and the environment. Someone goes to work sick and is contagious.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Microbe vs biohazard; both used to talk about infections, viruses, or contamination.
Biohazard vs radioactive; both hazard signs used in dangerous material contexts.
Medical symbol vs biohazard; both appear in contexts about health, disease, and hospitals.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Biohazard” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ biohazard + sign
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords removed
- biohazard
