🧽 Sponge is an emoji from the Objects category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F9FD and it was released in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🧽 Sponge mean?
🧽 Sponge is part of the “Household Items” set in the Objects emoji category. It is commonly associated with absorbing, cleaning, porous and soak. It was approved as part of Emoji 11.0 in 2018 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :sponge: to insert it.
Sponge emoji codes
| Emoji | 🧽 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F9FD |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🧽 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🧽 |
| CSS | \1F9FD |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9FD} |
| Python | \U0001F9FD |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%A7%BD |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 BD |
| Shortcode | :sponge: |
How to type 🧽 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “sponge”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “sponge”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “sponge”.
- HTML: write
🧽in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Sponge keywords
- absorbing
- cleaning
- porous
- soak
Frequently asked questions
What does 🧽 mean?
🧽 Sponge is part of the “Household Items” set in the Objects emoji category. It is commonly associated with absorbing, cleaning, porous and soak. It was approved as part of Emoji 11.0 in 2018 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :sponge: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Sponge emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🧽 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🧽 Sponge added to Unicode?
Sponge was released as part of Emoji 11.0 in 2018.
Related Household Items emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.