Pink anatomical lungs and trachea, shown with bronchial tubes on some platforms. Used in medical contexts to talk about lung health. Sometimes used in reference to taking deep breaths, hyperventilating, or breathing in general. Also used in the context of smoking or vaping. This emoji digitally represents the shape of lungs and can be used to spread awareness about lung-related issues or any other health difficulties as well. Also, those who want to spread awareness about the harms that smoking and drinking does to lungs can use this emoji to make their content impactful.
HISTORY:
The launch and acceptance of this emoji worldwide took place in the year 2019. This was done under the standardization of Unicode 12.0 and is used for various purposes worldwide since then. To be precise, the main purpose of using this emoji was to emphasize on the importance of internal organs and raise awareness about maintaining a good internal health just like the overall body fitness.
USES:
This emoji is widely used in various fields, contents, and in many contexts. Prominently, it is used in the medical field by professionals and even medical students. Conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, and other respiratory problems are highlighted and why smoking, drinking alcohol, and even being exposed to too much air pollution is dangerous for people's health is explained with this emoji.
Name | Lungs |
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Codepoint | U+1FAC1 |
Unicode | Lungs |
Apple Name | Lungs |
Android Name | |
Shortcode | :lungs: (Discord) |