hospital Emoji
🏥 · U+1F3E5 · Emoji 0.6
What does the hospital emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Sickness and healthcare are the feelings conveyed by the hospital emoji, which literally represents a building where medical care is provided, symbolizing a place for doctor visits, medical treatment, and recovery, and is also used figuratively to express that something is ailing or in need of repair, as well as slangily to describe a chaotic or toxic situation, and in some contexts, to jokingly refer to a place where one's emotions or relationships are being healed.
How the hospital emoji is used
In digital communication, the hospital emoji is often used in texting and social media captions to express sympathy for someone who is unwell, or to poke fun at a situation that is overwhelming or disastrous, with a tone that can range from serious to humorous, and its usage is consistent across different age groups and platforms, including TikTok and Twitter comments, where it is frequently used to add a touch of personality to posts about health and wellness.
hospital emoji examples
- just got back from the doctor and i'm exhausted 🏥
- my love life is a mess it's been admitted to the 🏥
How to copy the hospital emoji
To use the hospital emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F3E5), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
hospital emoji on different platforms
How the hospital emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
hospital Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🏥 |
| Name | hospital |
| Category | Travel & Places |
| Codepoints | U+1F3E5 |
| Shortcode | :hospital: |
| Emoji version | 0.6 |
| Unicode version | 0.6 |
hospital Emoji FAQ
Sickness and healthcare are the feelings conveyed by the hospital emoji, which literally represents a building where medical care is provided, symbolizing a place for doctor visits, medical treatment, and recovery, and is also used figuratively to express that something is ailing or in need of repair, as well as slangily to describe a chaotic or toxic situation, and in some contexts, to jokingly refer to a place where one's emotions or relationships are being healed.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🏥 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F3E5, introduced in Emoji version 0.6 (Unicode 0.6). Its shortcode is :hospital:.
People also search for the hospital emoji as building, doctor, medicine.