pill

A capsule-shaped tablet, split into two colored halves, representing medication

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Code points
U+1F48A
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Meaning

A capsule-shaped tablet, split into two colored halves, representing medication. It commonly refers to taking medicine, prescriptions, vitamins, or supplements, and often appears in discussions of illness, treatment, or health routines. It can also convey being sick or needing to recover. In casual use it sometimes stands for recreational drugs, though this is less common and context-dependent. Because it covers both medical and non-medical drug references, the intended sense depends heavily on surrounding words; treat it as ambiguous without further context.

Pill — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F48A
Unicode name
pill
Category
ObjectsMedical
Unicode
6.0 · 2010Emoji 0.6
Keywords
doctordrugsmedicatedmedicinepillpillssickvitaminemojimeaningmean

Developer

Single code point
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F48A
Unicode namepill
UTF-8F0 9F 92 8A
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):pill:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)💊
HTML (decimal)💊
CSS\1F48A
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F48A}
Python\U0001F48A
Perl\x{1F48A}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F48A}
Encodings
Punycodexn--pr8h
URL escape code%F0%9F%92%8A

Frequently asked

What does 💊 pill mean?

A capsule-shaped tablet, split into two colored halves, representing medication. It commonly refers to taking medicine, prescriptions, vitamins, or supplements, and often appears in discussions of illness, treatment, or health routines. It can also convey being sick or needing to recover. In casual use it sometimes stands for recreational drugs, though this is less common and context-dependent. Because it covers both medical and non-medical drug references, the intended sense depends heavily on surrounding words; treat it as ambiguous without further context.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 💊 pill?

U+1F48A (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :pill:

Which emojis are related to 💊 pill?

💉 syringe, 🩸 drop of blood, 🩹 adhesive bandage, 🩼 crutch, 🩺 stethoscope, 🩻 x-ray