What does 🩻 X-Ray mean?
An x-ray image showing bones. It stands for medical imaging, broken bones, skeletons and seeing through things. People use it after a hospital visit, in orthopedic talk, or figuratively for “x-ray vision” and seeing straight through someone’s excuses. It also suits Halloween skeleton themes. It was added in Emoji 14.0, alongside 🩼 and 🪫.
🩻 X-Ray is an emoji from the Objects category (medical), added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. People use it in messages about bones, doctor, medical, skeleton, skull and xray.
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🩻 X-Ray on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how X-Ray looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the X-Ray 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 :x-ray:.
When was the X-Ray emoji added?
🩻 X-Ray was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. 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 X-Ray. The underlying code (U+1FA7B) 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.