Adhesive bandage Emoji

Objects

A tan, rectangular adhesive strip featuring a small pad in the center, designed to cover minor scrapes or cuts. It represents the standard medical plaster used for quick first aid.

Usage Context

Used to signal that someone is recovering from a physical injury, going through a rough patch, or taking steps to heal emotionally. It is often paired with the 🩺 or 💊 emojis when discussing medical recovery or professional healthcare.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019, this emoji was introduced alongside other health-related icons to provide better representation for common medical accessories in digital messaging. Its inclusion marked a shift toward more practical, everyday objects in the emoji set.

Details

Glyph

🩹

Unicode

U+1FA79

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fa79:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDE79;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory medical

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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