# 🧹 Broom emoji

🧹 Broom is an emoji in the household set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: cleaning, sweeping and witch.

- Emoji: 🧹
- Unicode name: broom
- Code points: U+1F9F9
- Category: Objects, Household
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :broom:
- Keywords: broom, cleaning, sweeping, witch
- Page: https://emojichart.com/broom-emoji

## What it means

Sweeping, cleaning and tidying up are the jobs of this bristle-headed broom. People use it for housework, chores, clearing out clutter, and witches' brooms at Halloween.

## How to type 🧹

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “broom”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “broom”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “broom”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “broom”.
- GitHub: Type :broom: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | escoba | barrer, bruja, escoba, fregar |
| Français (fr) | balai | balai, balais, balayage, ménage, nettoie, nettoyage, nettoyé, nettoyer, sorcière |
| Deutsch (de) | Besen | Besen, fegen, Fegen, Hexe, Hexenbesen, kehren, Kehren, reinigen, sauber machen, säubern |
| Italiano (it) | scopa | pulire, scopa, scopare, spazzare, strega |
| Português (pt) | vassoura | bruxa, limpar, limpeza, varrer, vassoura |
| Nederlands (nl) | bezem | bezem, bezemsteel, heks, schoonmaken, vegen |
| Svenska (sv) | kvast | häxa, kvast, sopa, städa |
| Polski (pl) | miotła | czarownica, miotła, sprzątać, sprzątanie, wiedźma, zamiatać, zamiatanie |
| Türkçe (tr) | süpürge | büyücü, cadı, ev işi, harry potter, süpürge, süpürme, süpürmek, temizlik, uçmak |
| Русский (ru) | метла | ведьма, веник, метла, подметать, уборка |
| Українська (uk) | мітла | відьма, віник, замітання, мітла, підмітати, прибирання, прибирати |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σκούπα | καθάρισμα, μάγισσα, σκούπα, σκούπισμα |
| العربية (ar) | مكنسة | تنظيف, ساحر, ساحرة, ساحرة شريرة, كنس, مسح, مقشة, مقشة طائرة, مكنسة |
| עברית (he) | מטאטא | לטאטא, לנקות, מטאטא, מכשפה |
| فارسی (fa) | جارو | آب و جارو, تمیز کردن, تمیزکاری, جادوگر, جارو, جارو دستی, جارو زدن, خانه تکانی, ساحره |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झाड़ू | चुडैल, जादू, जादूगरनी, झाडू, झाड़ू, झाडू निकालना, डर, भूत, भूतनी, सफ़ाई, सफ़ाई करना, साफ़ |
| বাংলা (bn) | ঝাড়ু | জাদুকরী, ঝাড়ু, ঝাড়ু দেওয়া, ঝাড়ু দেত্তয়া, ডাইনি, ডাইনী, পরিস্কার করা, সাফাই |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | sapu | bersih-bersih, membersihkan, menyapu, penyihir, sapu, sapu terbang, tukang sihir |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cây chổi | cây chổi, làm sạch, phù thủy, quét, quét dọn |
| ไทย (th) | ไม้กวาด | กวาดบ้าน, ทำความสะอาด, แม่มด, ไม้กวาด |
| 日本語 (ja) | ほうき | ほうき, 掃く, 掃除, 魔女 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 빗자루 | 마녀, 비질, 빗자루, 청소 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 扫帚 | 女巫, 巫婆, 打扫, 扫地, 扫帚, 清洁 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 掃帚 | 巫婆, 掃, 掃地, 掃帚, 掃把, 清潔, 清理 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): besem
- Akan (ak): praeԑ
- Albanian (sq): fshesë
- Amharic (am): መጥረጊያ
- Armenian (hy): ավել
- Assamese (as): ঝাড়ু
- Azerbaijani (az): süpürgə
- Bashkir (ba): һепертке
- Basque (eu): erratz
- Belarusian (be): мятла
- Bosnian (bs): metla
- Breton (br): skubellenn
- Bulgarian (bg): метла
- Burmese (my): တံမြက်စည်း
- Cantonese (yue): 掃把
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 扫把
- Catalan (ca): escombra
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᏃᏌᏯᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): шӑпӑр
- Croatian (hr): metla
- Czech (cs): koště
- Danish (da): kost
- Estonian (et): luud
- Faroese (fo): kustur
- Filipino (fil): walis
- Finnish (fi): luuta
- Galician (gl): vasoira
- Georgian (ka): ცოცხი
- Gujarati (gu): લાંબા હાથાવાળું ઝાડુ
- Hausa (ha): tsintsiya
- Hungarian (hu): seprű
- Icelandic (is): kústur
- Igbo (ig): aziza
- Irish (ga): scruab
- Javanese (jv): sapu
- Kannada (kn): ಪೊರಕೆ
- Kazakh (kk): сыпырғы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سىپىرعى
- Khmer (km): អម្បោស
- Konkani (kok): सान्न
- Kyrgyz (ky): шыпыргы
- Lao (lo): ຟອຍປັດກວດ
- Latvian (lv): slota
- Lithuanian (lt): šluota
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chóžyšćo
- Macedonian (mk): метла
- Malay (ms): penyapu
- Malayalam (ml): ചൂൽ
- Marathi (mr): झाडू
- Mongolian (mn): хогийн шүүр
- Nepali (ne): कुचो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Brum
- Norwegian (no): feiekost
- Odia (or): ଝାଡୁ
- Oromo (om): haxooftuu
- Pashto (ps): جارو
- Punjabi (pa): ਝਾੜੂ
- Quechua (qu): pichana
- Romanian (ro): mătură
- Romansh (rm): scua
- Sardinian (sc): iscoba
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sguab
- Serbian (sr): метла
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): metla
- Shan (shn): ယူး
- Sindhi (sd): ٻهاري
- Sinhala (si): කොස්ස
- Slovak (sk): metla
- Slovenian (sl): metla
- Somali (so): mafiiq/buluuyey
- Swahili (sw): ufagio
- Tamil (ta): துடைப்பம்
- Telugu (te): చీపురు
- Tigrinya (ti): መኾስተር
- Tongan (to): taufale
- Turkmen (tk): sübse
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): chošćo
- Urdu (ur): جھاڑو
- Uzbek (uz): supurgi
- Welsh (cy): ysgubell
- Wolof (wo): bale
- Yoruba (yo): ìgbálẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ìgbálɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umshanelo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9F9` |
| HTML | `🧹` |
| CSS | `\1F9F9` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9F9}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9F9` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 B9` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDF9` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%B9` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧹 broom emoji mean?

Sweeping, cleaning and tidying up are the jobs of this bristle-headed broom. People use it for housework, chores, clearing out clutter, and witches' brooms at Halloween.

### How do I type the 🧹 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “broom”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :broom:.

### When was the 🧹 emoji added?

🧹 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧹?

U+1F9F9. In HTML you can write 🧹, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9F9}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/broom-emoji