x-ray Emoji
🩻 · U+1FA7B · Emoji 14.0
What does the x-ray emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
When medical tests or diagnoses are being discussed, the 🩻 emoji is often used to represent an x-ray, which is a direct, quotable definition of this symbol, referring to the actual medical imaging procedure, but it also has figurative uses to convey a sense of transparency or insight, and in slang, it can imply that someone is trying to see through deception or uncover hidden information, with its meaning being closely tied to the concept of revealing what is not immediately visible.
How the x-ray emoji is used
The tone of messages using the 🩻 emoji can range from serious and medical to playful and humorous, depending on the context, and it is often used in texting and social media captions to add a visual element to discussions about health or mystery, with younger generations and those active on platforms like TikTok and Twitter being more likely to use it in a creative or metaphorical way, while older generations may use it more literally.
x-ray emoji examples
- just got my xray results back and everything looks good 🩻
- trying to figure out what's going on behind the scenes 🩻
How to copy the x-ray emoji
To use the x-ray 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+1FA7B), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
More about x-ray
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x-ray emoji on different platforms
How the x-ray emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
x-ray Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🩻 |
| Name | x-ray |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1FA7B |
| Shortcode | :x_ray: |
| Emoji version | 14.0 |
| Unicode version | 14.0 |
x-ray Emoji FAQ
When medical tests or diagnoses are being discussed, the 🩻 emoji is often used to represent an x-ray, which is a direct, quotable definition of this symbol, referring to the actual medical imaging procedure, but it also has figurative uses to convey a sense of transparency or insight, and in slang, it can imply that someone is trying to see through deception or uncover hidden information, with its meaning being closely tied to the concept of revealing what is not immediately visible.
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+1FA7B, introduced in Emoji version 14.0 (Unicode 14.0). Its shortcode is :x_ray:.
People also search for the x-ray emoji as bones, doctor, medical, skeleton, skull.