Pill Emoji

Objects

A single capsule-shaped pill split down the middle with one side typically colored red and the other white or yellow. It represents pharmaceutical medicine, vitamins, or a generic medical treatment.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital conversation to discuss health issues, prescription medication, or the act of taking supplements. Because of its visual design, it is also frequently used in internet slang to refer to specific ideologies or 'pills,' or as a shorthand for recreational drug use. It is often paired with the syringe or hospital emoji when discussing clinical settings.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, the icon was modeled after the classic gelatin capsule design that dominated the pharmaceutical industry in the mid-20th century. Its inclusion reflects the growing role of emojis in conveying quick health status updates within mobile messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

💊

Unicode

U+1F48A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f48a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC8A;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory medical

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository