sponge Emoji

The sponge emoji represents an everyday object, commonly used literally when referring to that specific item in conversation, or as a quick visual bullet-point/icon in lists, status updates, and notes.

Category context: The Objects category is a broad collection of everyday items — electronics, tools, household items, clothing, and more — used to add concrete, literal visual references to conversations about daily life and work.

Cataloged under Household within the Objects category, sponge is the 94th of 266 emoji How To Type Any Symbol lists in this category, and was introduced in Emoji version 11 of the Unicode Emoji Standard. Technically, it is represented by a single Unicode code point rather than a combined sequence, making it one of the simpler emoji to encode and display reliably across platforms. Its Unicode code point sequence is U+1F9FD.

💡 Good to know: This category includes several emoji with specialized or niche real-world meanings (tools, medical items) — verify the specific meaning matches your intended context, especially in professional communication.