🥼Lab Coat Emoji
Generally, the 🥼 emoji means “scientist” or “doctor. ” People use it to signify a connection to science, medicine, or a professional role.
The 🥼 emoji is a lab coat.
- Unicode
- U+1F97C
- Released
- 2018
- Shortcode
- :lab_coat:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the 🥼 Lab Coat emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 9.
Lab Coat emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the lab coat has been drawn in 3 ways.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Facebook, Messenger
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Lab Coat emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :lab_coat:.
In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the lab coat, code point U+1F97C.
How to type the 🥼 Lab Coat emoji
No picker to hand? The lab coat can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
Lab Coat emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Lab Coat emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around lab coat for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with 🥼, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
What 🥼 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
What 🥼 means in other countries
Reads as science or medicine everywhere — a costume or credibility signal more than anything culturally loaded.
Literal reference to a researcher, doctor, or lab technician’s role.
Quick shorthand for a “mad scientist” or doctor costume, especially around Halloween.
Before you send it: Use it for science jokes or costume talk; it doesn’t carry any hidden meaning to watch out for.
What 🥼 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the lab coat lands changes how it is taken.
🥼 vs 🧥 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Lab Coat
Code: U+1F97C · added 2018
Shortcode: :lab_coat:
Generally, the 🥼 emoji means “scientist” or “doctor.
Unicode name: Coat
Code: U+1F9E5 · added 2017
Shortcode: :coat:
Generally, the 🧥 emoji just means a coat or jacket.
Where the 🥼 Lab Coat emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F97C never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Lab Coat was approved as U+1F97C and shipped in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🥼 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.