Sick emoji and what they mean
Face with thermometer is the default sick emoji: fever, flu, a day off. Face with head bandage means an injury or surgery rather than an illness, and is also used for a bruised ego. Face with medical mask covers colds and anything contagious; in East Asia wearing a mask when you have a cold is ordinary courtesy, and the emoji carries that sense of "keeping my germs to myself".
Sneezing face is hay fever or a runny nose, nauseated face and face vomiting are stomach bugs (and disgust), hot face and cold face work for fever and chills, and woozy face or describe feeling dizzy or out of it. Microbe stands for a virus or germs in general.
The best emoji for get well soon messages
The person who is ill already has the sick faces; the reply should bring comfort. Bouquet, sunflower and tulip are the flowers you would send, mending heart literally means healing, and people hugging or sends a hug from a distance. tea, bowl or pot of food (soup) and honey say "rest and look after yourself".
Flexed biceps means "you've got this", which suits someone facing a long recovery or an operation. sun, rainbow and sparkles add brightness, and person in bed or with is a light way to say "sleep and recharge".
Get well soon emoji for WhatsApp, Teams and Slack
On WhatsApp and in texts, words plus two or three emoji work best: "Get well soon " or "Feel better ". With friends you can be playful: or .
At work, in Microsoft Teams or Slack, keep it short and neutral: "Feel better soon " or "Wishing you a quick recovery ". Reacting to a colleague's "out sick today" with can look like mockery; , or read as kind. Slack and Teams both accept the standard emoji, so anything on this page pastes in directly.
Hospital emoji and get well soon symbols
For a hospital stay or an operation there is a whole set: hospital, ambulance, health worker, stethoscope, pill, syringe, adhesive bandage, crutch and x-ray. Use them about the situation (" visiting hours?"), and the warm ones for the wish itself.
There is no single get well soon symbol in Unicode. is the medical symbol (a staff with one snake), while caduceus has two snakes and wings and is often used for medicine in the United States; is the plain first-aid cross. For a card or a username, text symbols such as copy as plain characters and suit a soft get well soon line.
Symbols
66Click a symbol to copy it and open its page.
How to use them
6 situationsClick to copyGet Well Soon Emoji combos
12Worth knowing
- Face with thermometer and face with head bandage both arrived in 2015 with Unicode 8.0; before that, was the main sick face.
- Mending heart, a heart wrapped in a bandage, was added in 2020 (Emoji 13.1) and is built from plus joined by an invisible zero-width joiner.
- Adhesive bandage and stethoscope only became emoji in 2019; for years the first-aid kit of emoji was and .
- the medical symbol is the Rod of Asclepius with one snake; the two-snake caduceus belongs to Hermes, but is widely used for medicine anyway.
Questions people ask
7How do I copy and paste get well soon emoji?
Tap any emoji on this page — — and it is copied; paste it into WhatsApp, a text, Teams or Slack.
What is the best get well soon emoji?
bouquet and mending heart. Add for a hug or for strength before an operation.
What does the sick emoji mean?
means fever or flu, an injury or surgery, a cold or something contagious, and nausea, sneezing or allergies.
Is there a get well soon symbol?
Not a dedicated one. People use as the emoji for healing; as plain text, (first-aid cross), and are common.
What emoji to use for feel better?
or ; with close friends or add a light touch.
Which get well soon emoji work in Teams and Slack?
All the standard emoji on this page paste into both. Keep it to one or two: or with "feel better soon".
What can I say instead of get well soon?
"Feel better soon", "Wishing you a speedy recovery", "Rest up and take care" or "Thinking of you" — each pairs naturally with , or .
