What does 🫁 Lungs mean?
A pair of lungs, the organs of breathing. It covers lung health, respiratory illness, asthma, quitting smoking and fresh air. People send it before taking a deep breath (“breathe in 🫁”), after getting winded on a run, or in mindfulness posts about breathing exercises. It is also used in medical and fitness conversations.
🫁 Lungs is an emoji from the People & Body category (body parts), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about breath, breathe, exhalation, inhalation, lung and organ.
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🫁 Lungs on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Lungs looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Lungs 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 :lungs:.
When was the Lungs emoji added?
🫁 Lungs was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. 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 Lungs. The underlying code (U+1FAC1) 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.