What does ๐งโโ๏ธ Health Worker mean?
A person in medical clothing, the all-purpose symbol for doctors, nurses, therapists and anyone else who works in healthcare. People use it to talk about appointments, check-ups and hospital shifts, to cheer on friends in medical school, or to thank the staff who looked after a loved one. It also turns up in the bios of clinicians and in jokes about playing doctor when someone feels ill. This is the gender-neutral version; man and woman variants are available too.
๐งโโ๏ธ Health Worker is an emoji from the People & Body category (jobs & roles), added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019. People use it in messages about doctor, healthcare, nurse and therapist.
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๐งโโ๏ธ Health Worker on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Health Worker looks on each platform.
Health Worker in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Health Worker emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐งโโ๏ธ 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 :health_worker:.
When was the Health Worker emoji added?
๐งโโ๏ธ Health Worker was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Health Worker emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐งโโ๏ธ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐งโโ๏ธ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Health Worker. The underlying code (U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2695 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.