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Bed Emoji 🛏️

A neatly made bed, headboard and pillow included, standing in for the act of lying down rather than any one bedroom. It closes out a message the way "goodnight" does, and it's the visual behind the old line about making your bed and having to lie in it.

What 🛏️ means

A simple bed with a wooden cot, a moderately high headboard tucked in pastel blue sheets, a blanket/quilt, and a pillow. The bed here is very similar to the one used by this 🛌 Person in Bed.

The 🛏️ Bed emoji signifies sleep, rest, relaxation, and comfort to an extent. Apart from the obvious, this emoji may symbolize a sense of completion, abrupt incompletion, and tidiness too.

How and when to use it

Starting with the symbolic interpretations of 🛏️ - "We kinda put that project to bed 🛏️" (incompletion) or "It's time to put this baby to bed! 🛏️" (completion).
However, 🛏️ may also suggest putting an end to something. For example, "I'd like to put our differences to bed here 🛏️" or "How about you put that negative impression of yourself to bed?? 🛏️".
🛏️ can be brought into contexts of sleeping together (as a couple, lovers, friends, none of our business), snuggles, physical closeness, and maybe even emotional intimacy. Like, "I miss our snuggles! 🛏️" or "Honestly? I love sharing my bed with her 🛏️".
You could also use 🛏️ to indicate that you're tired. For instance, "So tired of this garbage 🛏️" or "Enough of interaction for the day! Goodnight folks 🛏️ Lol. Goodmorning".

Other Names

🛏️ Wooden Cot With Bed
🛏️ Couch
🛏️ The Sack
🛏️ Sleep
🛏️ Home Bed
🛏️ Hotel Room Bed
🛏️ Furniture
🛏️ Sleeping Furniture
🛏️ Go to Bed
🛏️ Call it a Night

🛏️ in real conversations

What does 🛏️ mean as a one-word reply?

'I'm exhausted' or 'I'm done for the day' — a plain declaration that whatever's happening next, it's not happening without sleep first. It works as a complete excuse on its own, the texting version of saying 'I'm going to bed' without typing out the sentence.

Is 🛏️ ever used for being sick, not just tired?

Yes — 'bed rest' captions, sick-day updates and 'down for the count' posts all lean on it the same way a tired-but-fine text would. Context usually clarifies which one's meant: a string of complaints and symptoms points to illness, while a late-night 'ugh, 🛏️' after a long day just means sleepy.

What's the difference between 🛏️ and 😴?

🛏️ is the location, you're headed there or you're already in it, whatever state that implies. 😴 is the state itself, actually asleep, snoring and all. 'Finally in 🛏️' describes where you are; '😴 by 9pm' describes what you're doing there. They pair often, but one's a place and the other's an action.

The lowdown

Category: Objects › household
Codepoints: U+1F6CF U+FE0F
Emoji version: Emoji 0.7
Shortcodes: :bed: GitHub
Keywords: bed, hotel, sleep

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.