Biohazard emoji meaning

The biohazard emoji is commonly displayed as a black or white symbol on a yellow or orange circular background. It represents the idea of biological danger or contamination, often warning about harmful substances like viruses, bacteria, or toxic materials. People use this emoji in discussions about safety, health risks, or hazardous environments. It also appears in topics related to science fiction, pandemics, or general caution. The symbol it displays is widely recognized and used in real-life safety protocols to mark areas or items that could pose a biological threat.

The biohazard emoji is also known as Toxic Emoji.

The biohazard emoji was approved in Unicode 1.1 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/13207