🧪
What 🧪 means
A left-tilting glass test tube containing three-fourths of bubbling green liquid with a few bubbles escaping from the rim.
The 🧪 Test Tube emoji represents the device used to examine chemical reactions. It signifies mixing, amalgamation, and experimentation. This emoji would also refer to other 'test-tube' related concepts.
How and when to use it
- If you're talking about 'mixing' or 'combining' two or more liquids (or anything) from an experimental POV, use 🧪. Like, "I wonder how it would be to mix his face and her brains 🧪 Oh wait. They had a baby".
- 🧪 is the perfect reference to alchemy as well. So, if you're sharing quotes from The Alchemist, a genuine post on the science, a text message on it, or even an indication to an alchemist, use 🧪.
- Use 🧪 while talking about 'samples' or 'sampling' too. For instance, "Let's work it out with small quants first 🧪".
- Test tubes are used in other environments independent of science too - like the bar. So, if you're sharing informative content on a test-tube drink, then too, you can use 🧪.
- While sharing a science-based post/repost or one that's precisely related to chemical reactions, you may use 🧪. It can be a literal news post, informative repost, or a metaphorical use-case in a post caption.
Other Names
- 🧪 Test-Tube
- 🧪 Test Tube Drink
- 🧪 Chemical Glassware
- 🧪 Chemistry Lab Equipment
- 🧪 Science Lab Test Tube
- 🧪 Culture Tube
- 🧪 Sample Tube
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › science
- Codepoints
U+1F9EA- Emoji version
- Emoji 11.0
- Shortcodes
:test_tube:- Keywords
- chemist, chemistry, experiment, lab, science, test, tube
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🧪 Test Tube or ☝️ Index Pointing Up?