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shower

Shower

🚿 is a showerhead with water spraying out, and it means what it shows: taking a shower, washing up, getting ready. People send it as a quick “brb, showering” note, after the gym or a hot day, or in a morning-routine post. It isn't flirty by itself; the words around it decide that.

EmojiSince 2015
Also called
showerhead · shower head emoji
Search it as
shower head · taking a shower · washing · shower emoji
Type it as
:shower:
Around since
2015 · Emoji 1.0
Shows up on
Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux

What 🚿 means

Usually that they're showering, or about to. Next to “back in 10” it works as an away note; after a workout or a sweaty day it means rinsing off. It also shows up in routine strings like ☕🚿🚗 and beside the phrase “shower thoughts”, the odd ideas that pop up while you stand under the water.

In a chat that is already flirty, a shower mention can sound suggestive, but that comes from the words, not the emoji. Between friends, a lone 🚿 in reply can be a joking “go wash” aimed at someone who has been gaming or online for hours. With anyone else, read it literally.

Everyday and practical. It names a routine; the words around it decide whether it's a note, a joke or something more.

What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings
With “brb” or “back in 10”
An away note: they're showering and will pick up the chat afterwards.
After a gym, run or hot-day message
Rinsing off after exertion.
In an already flirty thread
Can be suggestive, but only because the surrounding words make it so.
In a list of hotel or campsite amenities
A shower is available.

Don't confuse it with

3
🛁
Bathtub
A tub of water means a bath or a long soak; 🚿 means washing under running water.
🛀
Person Taking Bath
A person sitting in a tub: someone relaxing in a bath, not the shower fixture.
🚰
Potable Water
A tap filling a glass means drinking water, as on a sign, not washing.

Worth knowing

  • The characters behind 🚿 existed in Unicode 5 years before anyone was allowed to draw them in colour: Unicode 6.0 in 2010, emoji presentation in 2015.
  • 🚿 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.

Questions people ask

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Is the shower emoji flirty?

Not by itself. In a chat that is already flirty, a shower mention can sound suggestive, but 🚿 alone is a washing update. Read the words around it before reading between the lines.

Can I use 🚿 for a baby shower or rain showers?

Only as a pun. The emoji shows a bathroom shower, so most people will read it that way. For a baby shower 🍼🎉 or 👶 is clearer; for rain, 🌧️ or ☔.

How to type 🚿

Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “shower”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “shower”.
Chat apps
:shower:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.
HTML
🚿
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🚿
HTML hex
🚿
CSS content
content: "\1F6BF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%9A%BF
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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