What does 🏥 Hospital mean?
A hospital building, typically marked with a red cross or a large H. It is used when someone is going to the doctor, visiting a patient, working a hospital shift or sharing health news. In a lighter way, people exaggerate with it, as in a joke so funny it “put me in the hospital”. For an urgent emergency, 🚑 conveys movement and speed more strongly.
🏥 Hospital is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (buildings), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about building, doctor and medicine.
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🏥 Hospital on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Hospital looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Hospital 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 :hospital:.
When was the Hospital emoji added?
🏥 Hospital was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. 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 Hospital. The underlying code (U+1F3E5) 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.