What does 🩸 Drop of Blood mean?
A single red drop of blood. It stands for blood donation, injuries, medical tests and menstruation. Many people use it to talk openly about periods, which helps make the topic less taboo. It also appears in posts encouraging blood drives, in horror and vampire themes, and for minor cuts. Unlike 💉, which is about the needle, 🩸 focuses on the blood itself.
🩸 Drop of Blood is an emoji from the Objects category (medical), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about bleed, donation, injury, medicine and menstruation.
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🩸 Drop of Blood on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Drop of Blood looks on each platform.
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Drop of Blood emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Drop of Blood emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🩸 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :drop_of_blood:.
When was the Drop of Blood emoji added?
🩸 Drop of Blood was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🩸 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Drop of Blood. The underlying code (U+1FA78) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.