Health worker Emoji
People
A person depicted wearing a head mirror or medical-style uniform, representing a professional working in the healthcare field. This emoji is gender-neutral by default but can be customized with various skin tones.
Usage Context
Used to discuss medical appointments, hospital visits, or to acknowledge the hard work of medical staff. It is frequently sent as a thank-you to healthcare providers or when mentioning personal health updates. It is often grouped with the 🏥 hospital or 💉 syringe emojis to clarify the specific setting or medical nature of a conversation.
History
The health worker was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the effort to increase gender inclusivity and professional diversity in emoji sets. It combined existing medical signs with the broader movement to make digital communication more representative of real-world jobs.
Details
Glyph
🧑⚕
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2695
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_2695:
HTML Entity
��‍⚕
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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