# ☢️ Radioactive emoji

☢️ Radioactive is an emoji in the warnings set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: sign.

- Emoji: ☢️
- Unicode name: radioactive
- Code points: U+2622 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Warnings
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :radioactive:
- Keywords: radioactive, sign
- Page: https://emojichart.com/radioactive-emoji

## What it means

The trefoil hazard sign for radiation: three blades fanning out around a central dot. It marks radioactive material and nuclear sites, and people use it in posts about nuclear power, radiation and danger, or figuratively for something hazardous.

## How to type ☢️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | radiactivo | radiactividad, radiactivo, radioactividad, radioactivo, señal |
| Français (fr) | radioactif | radioactif, radioactivité, symbole |
| Deutsch (de) | Radioaktiv | radioaktiv, Radioaktiv |
| Italiano (it) | simbolo della radioattività | pericolo, radioattività, radioattivo, rifiuti tossici, scorie, simbolo della radioattività |
| Português (pt) | radioativo | perigo, radiação, radiativo, radioativo, símbolo, sinal |
| Nederlands (nl) | radioactief | radioactief, teken |
| Svenska (sv) | varning för strålrisk | fara, joniserande strålning, radioaktiv, radioaktiva ämnen, strålning, varning, varning för strålrisk |
| Polski (pl) | promieniowanie radioaktywne | ostrzeżenie, promieniowanie, radiacja, radioaktywne |
| Türkçe (tr) | radyoaktif | nükleer, radyoaktif |
| Русский (ru) | радиация | знак, опасность, радиация, радиоактивность, символ, угроза |
| Українська (uk) | радіаційна небезпека | знак, опромінення, радіаційна небезпека, радіоактивний, радіоактивні матеріали, радіоактивність |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ραδιενέργεια | ραδιενέργεια, ραδιενεργό, σήμα |
| العربية (ar) | إشعاع | إشارة, إشعاع, اشارة, اشعة, رمز, مشع |
| עברית (he) | רדיואקטיבי | אזהרה, גרעיני, זיהום, מסוכן, סכנה, רדיואקטיבי |
| فارسی (fa) | رادیواکتیو | اشعه, رادیواکتیو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | रेडियो सक्रिय | पंखा, रेडियो, रेडियो एक्टिव, रेडियो सक्रिय |
| বাংলা (bn) | রেডিওঅ্যাকটিভ | চিহ্ন, রেডিওঅ্যাকটিভ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | radioaktif | berbahaya, lambang, radioaktif, simbol, tanda |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | phóng xạ | ký hiệu, phóng xạ |
| ไทย (th) | กัมมันตรังสี | กัมมันตภาพรังสี, กัมมันตรังสี, พิษ, สารเคมี |
| 日本語 (ja) | 放射能 | 危険, 放射性, 放射線, 放射能 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 방사능 | 방사능, 방사선, 위험, 주의, 표시 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 辐射 | 放射性, 标识, 辐射 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 放射性 | 放射性, 標誌, 輻射 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): radioaktief
- Akan (ak): radeoaketifo
- Albanian (sq): rrezik radioaktiv
- Amharic (am): ራዲዮአክቲቭ
- Armenian (hy): ռադիոակտիվ
- Assamese (as): তেজস্ক্ৰিয়
- Azerbaijani (az): radioaktiv
- Bashkir (ba): радиоактив
- Basque (eu): erradioaktiboa
- Belarusian (be): радыяцыя
- Bosnian (bs): radioaktivno
- Breton (br): skinoberiek
- Bulgarian (bg): радиоактивно
- Burmese (my): ရေဒီယိုသတ္တိကြွ
- Cantonese (yue): 放射性
- Catalan (ca): radioactiu
- Cherokee (chr): ᎡᏍᎦ ᏯᏓᏛᏁᎯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 輻射
- Chuvash (cv): радиаци
- Croatian (hr): radioaktivnost
- Czech (cs): radioaktivita
- Danish (da): radioaktiv
- Estonian (et): radioaktiivne
- Faroese (fo): geislavirki
- Filipino (fil): radioactive
- Finnish (fi): säteilyvaara
- Galician (gl): sinal de radioactividade
- Georgian (ka): რადიოაქტიური
- Gujarati (gu): રેડિઓઍક્ટિવ
- Hausa (ha): rediyoaktif
- Hungarian (hu): radioaktív
- Icelandic (is): geislavirkni
- Igbo (ig): dị njọ
- Irish (ga): radaighníomhach
- Javanese (jv): radhioaktip
- Kalaallisut (kl): radioaktiv
- Kannada (kn): ರೇಡಿಯೊ ವಿಕಿರಣ
- Kazakh (kk): радиоактивті аймақ
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): راديواكتيۆتى ايماق
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាវិទ្យុសកម្ម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gyanduza
- Konkani (kok): रेडियोएक्टिव
- Kyrgyz (ky): раидоактивдүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’atmiq’anem
- Lao (lo): ກຳມັນຕະພາບລັງສີ
- Latvian (lv): radioaktīvs
- Lithuanian (lt): radioaktyvu
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): radioaktiwne
- Luxembourgish (lb): radioaktiv
- Macedonian (mk): радиоактивно
- Malay (ms): radioaktif
- Malayalam (ml): റേഡിയോ ആക്‌റ്റീവ്
- Maltese (mt): radjoattiv
- Marathi (mr): अणुकिरणोत्सर्जी
- Mongolian (mn): цацраг идэвхт
- Māori (mi): ira-rukeruke
- Nepali (ne): रेडियोएक्टिभ
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Rédioáktiv
- Northern Sotho (nso): radioekthibi
- Norwegian (no): radioaktivt
- Odia (or): ରେଡିଓଆକ୍ଟିଭ୍‌
- Oromo (om): raadiyoo’aktiivii
- Pashto (ps): راډيو اکټيو
- Punjabi (pa): ਰੇਡੀਓਐਕਟਿਵ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): تابکار
- Quechua (qu): radiactivo
- Romanian (ro): radioactiv
- Romansh (rm): radioactiv
- Sardinian (sc): radiativu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): beò-rèididheachd
- Serbian (sr): радиоактивно
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): radioaktivno
- Shan (shn): ထၢတ်ႈသၢႆလႅင်း
- Sindhi (sd): تابڪاري
- Sinhala (si): විකිරණශීලී
- Slovak (sk): rádioaktivita
- Slovenian (sl): radioaktivno
- Somali (so): kaah fale
- Swahili (sw): mnururisho
- Tajik (tg): радиоактивӣ
- Tamil (ta): கதிரியக்கம்
- Telugu (te): రేడియోయాక్టివ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸርገ-ንጥፈት
- Tongan (to): mofi ʻātomi
- Tswana (tn): marang a radio
- Turkmen (tk): radioaktiw
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): radioaktiwne
- Urdu (ur): تابکاری
- Uyghur (ug): رادىيوئاكتىپ
- Uzbek (uz): radioaktiv
- Welsh (cy): ymbelydrol
- Wolof (wo): radioaktif
- Xhosa (xh): i-radioactive
- Yoruba (yo): rédíòátífù
- Zulu (zu): kusebenza ngowaya

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2622 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `☢️` |
| CSS | `\2622\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2622}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2622\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 98 A2 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2622 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%98%A2%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ☢️ radioactive emoji mean?

The trefoil hazard sign for radiation: three blades fanning out around a central dot. It marks radioactive material and nuclear sites, and people use it in posts about nuclear power, radiation and danger, or figuratively for something hazardous.

### How do I type the ☢️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “radioactive”. 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 :radioactive:.

### When was the ☢️ emoji added?

☢️ was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+2622 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ☢️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2622}\u{FE0F}.

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