Broom emoji 🧹
Emoji 11.0 (2018) · U+1F9F9
What 🧹 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🧹 are cleaning, sweeping, witch. They show what people use it for.
Search for cleaning or sweeping on your emoji keyboard and 🧹 is among the results.
You will find 🧹 among the household (25 emoji), part of objects with 268 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🧺 🧻 🪣 🧼.
Will 🧹 show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 11.0 brought 🧹 in 2018. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
How to type 🧹
Search for broom in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🧹.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type broom.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type broom in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type broom.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🧹 is one code point (U+1F9F9), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9F9 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧹 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧹 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9F9"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9F9} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%B9 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 B9 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🧹 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the broom emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🧹 "broom" and links it with cleaning, sweeping, witch. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the household subgroup of objects.
When was the broom emoji added?
In Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. Phones updated since about 2019 show it.
How do I type the broom emoji?
Search for broom in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🧹.