Official Meaning & Overview
Represents cleaning, bathing, or dishwashing. Used to imply cleanliness or the act of wiping something away.
Official Unicode CLDR Name
Sponge
Shortcode
:sponge:Related Meanings & Search Keywords
Spongeabsorbingcleaningporoussoak
Official Names in 9 Languages
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Unicode Codepoint Breakdown
Standard single-codepoint Unicode emoji character
🧽
U+1F9FDSponge
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⚙️Technical Info
Unicode
U+1F9FDHex Code
1F9FDShortcodes
:sponge:CLDRSponge
VersionEmoji 15.0
Developer Codes
Shortcode
:sponge:HTML Entity (Hex)
🧽HTML Entity (Dec)
🧽CSS Content
\1F9FDJavaScript (ES6)
\u{1F9FD}UTF-16 / JSON
\uD83E\uDDFDURL Escape
%F0%9F%A7%BDQuick Reference FAQ
What does the 🧽 Sponge emoji mean?
Represents cleaning, bathing, or dishwashing. Used to imply cleanliness or the act of wiping something away.
What is the Unicode and HTML entity for 🧽 Sponge?
The Unicode codepoint for 🧽 is U+1F9FD, its HTML hex entity is 🧽, and its shortcode is :sponge:. It is part of Emoji 15.0.
How do you say the 🧽 Sponge emoji in other languages?
Official localized names include: 한국어 "스펀지", 日本語 "スポンジ", 简体中文 "海绵", 繁體中文 "海綿", Español "Esponja".