Thermometer emoji meaning

The thermometer emoji shows a traditional thermometer, often illustrated as a slim glass tube with a red line inside. This red line represents the temperature being measured. The emoji is commonly used to talk about heat or cold, health situations like having a fever, or topics related to the weather. It serves as a simple and versatile way to communicate about temperature or health concerns in both everyday and educational conversations.

The thermometer emoji was approved in Unicode 7.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/11052