🩸 is donation, periods, injury and vampires. Copy it here.
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What the blood emoji means
🩸 (drop of blood, Emoji 12.0) was added with periods in mind and is used for menstruation, blood donation, injuries, vampires and Halloween. 💉 is the syringe for vaccines and blood tests, 🩹 the bandage, 🧛 the vampire. The B button 🅱️ is a blood type in Unicode terms and a meme in practice, as the slang emoji guide explains.
Unicode name: drop of blood · U+1FA78 · Emoji 12.0 (2019) · group: Objects.
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Blood: periods, donation, injury or vampires. It was added in Emoji 12.0 partly to represent menstruation.
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