Meaning
This emoji depicts a woman in medical professional attire, wearing a stethoscope and white coat or scrubs, signaling her role in healthcare. The design is instantly recognizable and represents the significant portion of the healthcare workforce that is female.
People use this for female doctors, nurses, therapists, paramedics, and other healthcare professionals. It's ideal for discussing a female doctor's recommendations, celebrating female physicians and nurses in your life, or referencing women's healthcare appointments and services. During COVID-19, it became especially visible as people honored the contributions of female healthcare workers.
Beyond direct references, it shows up in conversations about women in STEM and medicine, healthcare career aspirations, or medical school discussions. Paired with other emoji like 💪 or 🎓, it emphasizes themes of empowerment or achievement in medical fields.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 4 in 2016, this emoji has consistently appeared in messaging apps and social media. It reflects the reality that women make up a substantial portion of healthcare workers globally, from nursing to medicine to specialized fields.
Common Uses
- • Referring to a female doctor or nurse
- • Celebrating women in medicine
- • Discussing healthcare appointments
- • Acknowledging female healthcare workers
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Women comprise the majority of nurses globally but remain underrepresented in certain medical specialties; this emoji is often used to celebrate female physicians and specialists breaking into traditionally male-dominated fields.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:woman_health_worker: :female-doctor: :woman_health_worker: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👩‍⚕️ |
| HTML (hex) | 👩‍⚕️ |
| CSS | \1F469\200D\2695\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC69\u200D\u2695\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F469\U0000200D\U00002695\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC69\u200D\u2695\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F469}\x{200D}\x{2695}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F469}\x{200D}\x{2695}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2quh-6bx-7md-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%A9%E2%80%8D%E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA9 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x9A 0x95 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
👩⚕️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | মহিলা স্বাস্থ্য কর্মী |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 女医生 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 女醫生 |
| Danish | kvindelig sundhedsperson |
| Dutch | gezondheidsmedewerkster |
| English | woman health worker |
| English (UK) | woman health worker |
| Estonian | naisarst |
| Finnish | naishoitotyöntekijä |
| French | professionnelle de la santé |
| German | Ärztin |
| Hindi | महिला स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ता |
| Hungarian | doktornő |
| Italian | operatrice sanitaria |
| Japanese | 女性の医者 |
| Korean | 여자 의료인 |
| Lithuanian | medikė |
| Malay | pekerja kesihatan wanita |
| Norwegian | kvinnelig helsearbeider |
| Polish | lekarka |
| Portuguese | mulher profissional da saúde |
| Russian | женщина-врач |
| Spanish | profesional sanitario mujer |
| Spanish (Mexico) | profesional sanitario mujer |
| Swedish | kvinnlig läkare |
| Thai | หมอหญิง |
| Ukrainian | медична працівниця |
| Vietnamese | nhân viên y tế nữ |