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Petri Dish emoji 🧫

🧫 is the Petri Dish emoji, in Objects. It arrived in Emoji 11.0 (2018). People look for it with words like bacteria, biology, culture, lab.

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:petri_dish:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

Every code for 🧫

NamePetri Dish
Shortcodes:petri_dish:
CategoryObjects
Emoji versionEmoji 11.0 (2018)
Keywordsbacteria, biology, culture, lab
Code pointsU+1F9EB
HTML🧫
CSS\1F9EB
JavaScript\u{1F9EB}
Python\U0001f9eb
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F A7 AB
URL encoded%F0%9F%A7%AB

How to type 🧫

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :petri_dish: in any text box and it turns into 🧫.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "petri dish" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "petri dish" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "petri dish".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "petri dish".
HTMLWrite 🧫 in the page source.

Questions

About 🧫

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does 🧫 mean?
🧫 is the Petri Dish emoji, in Objects. It arrived in Emoji 11.0 (2018). People look for it with words like bacteria, biology, culture, lab.
What is the shortcode for 🧫?
:petri_dish:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type 🧫 on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "petri dish". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for 🧫?
U+1F9EB, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). In HTML write 🧫, in CSS "\1F9EB", and in JavaScript "\u{1F9EB}".

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