Pill

💊 Pill is one of the medical symbols in Unicode's Objects group. In practice it comes up around doctor, drugs, medicated and medicine. The keyword list continues with pills, sick and vitamin.

Worth knowing: 💊 carries a second, informal reading. In chats it often means something other than the literal picture – our overview of double meaning emojis explains which one.

💊 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Tools and Industry. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F48A.

• 💊 works as a one-character reply when doctor is the subject.
• Fits messages about doctor, drugs, medicated and medicine.
• Often seen near 🩹 Adhesive Bandage, 💉 Syringe and 🩸 Drop of Blood.

• 💊🩹 – Pill and Adhesive Bandage
• 💊🩺 – Pill with Stethoscope
• 💊🩼 – Pill plus Crutch
• 💊💉 – Pill and Syringe
• 💊🩻 – Pill with X-Ray
• 💊🩸 – Pill plus Drop of Blood

Easy to mix up with 🩹 Adhesive Bandage, 💉 Syringe or 🩸 Drop of Blood. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.