petri dish Emoji
🧫 · U+1F9EB · Emoji 11.0
What does the petri dish emoji mean?
When discussing scientific experiments or microbiology, people reach for the 🧫 emoji to represent a petri dish, which is a shallow, circular container used to culture microorganisms, cells, or other biological samples. This emoji is defined as a symbol for a laboratory vessel, often associated with biology, chemistry, and medical research. Figuratively, it can also represent the cultivation of ideas or the growth of something in a controlled environment. In slang, it may be used to jokingly refer to a place or situation where something is being carefully monitored or experimented with.
petri dish emoji examples
- just set up my first petri dish experiment 🧫 wish me luck
- feeling like a biologist in my kitchen trying to culture the perfect sourdough starter 🧫
How to copy the petri dish emoji
To use the petri dish 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+1F9EB), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
petri dish emoji on different platforms
How the petri dish emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
petri dish Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🧫 |
| Name | petri dish |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1F9EB |
| Shortcode | :petri_dish: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 11.0 (2018) |
petri dish Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F9EB, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :petri_dish:.
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