The soap emoji is 🧼, U+1F9FC, from Emoji 11.0, and Unicode’s own name for the character is Bar of soap. It stands with the household emoji between 🪣 Bucket and 🫧 Bubbles, the only other emoji filed under soap.
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Lather, clean and soapdish
CLDR, Unicode’s list of search words, gives 🧼 seven: bar, bathing, clean, cleaning, lather, soap and soapdish. Lather and soapdish lead to no other emoji. Clean is shared with 🫧 and 🪥 Toothbrush, cleaning with 🧹 Broom and 🧽 Sponge. Nothing is filed under wash, suds, foam or scrub.
A soap symbol that is not an emoji
Unicode names one more character for soap: U+1F754 Alchemical symbol for soap, added in Unicode 6.0. It is not an emoji and may show as an empty box, so the stand-in here is ◊ Lozenge, which Unicode cross-references it to.
Questions and answers
Is there an emoji holding soap or handing soap?
Not as one emoji: 🧼 is the only emoji with soap in its name. The tiles under Holding soap set a hand before it: 🫴 Palm up hand, which CLDR files under hold and offer, or 🤲 Palms up together, filed under cupped.
How do you type a soap emoticon?
Wikipedia’s list of emoticons has no soap. Ours is a bar in square brackets, [ soap ], and a second bar with bubbles rising off it: two underscores in brackets, then a degree sign, a small o and a capital O.
What does the soap emoji mean?
A bar for washing: by Wikipedia soap is a fatty acid's salt used for cleaning. With 📺 after it the emoji reads soap opera, a name Wiktionary traces to the detergent and soap commercials first broadcast during the shows.
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Soap and washing 16
🧺BasketU+1F9FA. Filed under laundry and basket. Emoji 11.0.
🛁BathtubU+1F6C1. Filed under bath and bathtub. Emoji 1.0.
🧹BroomU+1F9F9. Filed under cleaning, sweeping and broom. Emoji 11.0.
🫧BubblesU+1FAE7. The emoji after Soap in Unicode’s list. Filed under soap, clean and bubbles. Emoji 14.0.
🪣BucketU+1FAA3. The emoji before Soap in Unicode’s list. Filed under bucket and pail. Emoji 13.0.
💧DropletU+1F4A7. Filed under water, drop and droplet. Emoji 0.6.
🧴Lotion bottleU+1F9F4. Filed under shampoo, lotion and bottle. Emoji 11.0.
🛀Person taking bathU+1F6C0. Filed under bath, tub and bathtub. Emoji 0.6.
🚰Potable waterU+1F6B0. Filed under water, potable and drinking. Emoji 1.0.
🧻Roll of paperU+1F9FB. Filed under paper, towels and roll. Emoji 11.0.
🚿ShowerU+1F6BF. Filed under shower and water. Emoji 1.0.
🧼SoapU+1F9FC. Filed under soap, bar, lather and soapdish. Emoji 11.0.
✨SparklesU+2728. Filed under sparkle, sparkles and star. Emoji 0.6.
🧽SpongeU+1F9FD. Filed under cleaning, sponge and soak. Emoji 11.0.
💦Sweat dropletsU+1F4A6. Filed under water, splashing and wet. Emoji 0.6.
🪥ToothbrushU+1FAA5. Filed under clean, hygiene and bathroom. Emoji 13.0.
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Holding soap 5
🫴🧼Handing over the soapPalm up hand, then soap.
👐🧼✨Hands, washedOpen hands, then soap, then sparkles.
🤲🧼Holding the soapPalms up together, then soap.
🤲🧼🫧Lathering upPalms up together, then soap, then bubbles.
🫱🧼Reaching for the soapRightwards hand, then soap.
Soap symbols 5
🝔Alchemical symbol for soapU+1F754. Unicode 6.0, in the block Alchemical symbols. Not an emoji. May show as an empty box.
◊LozengeU+25CA. Unicode cross-references the alchemical symbol for soap to it. A stand-in that shows where the symbol does not.
皂Soap, as a Han characterU+7682. A Han character. Unihan defines it as soap; black; menial servant.
洗Wash, as a Han characterU+6D17. A Han character. Unihan defines it as wash, rinse; clean, purify.
⬦White medium diamondU+2B26. Unicode’s second cross-reference from the alchemical symbol for soap.
Soap emoticons 5
[__] ° o OA bar with bubbles rising off it
|_|= soapA pump and a word. Plain ASCII
[ soap ]A bar in square brackets. Plain ASCII
~[ soap ]~A slippery bar. Plain ASCII
(soap)A rounder bar. Plain ASCII
Soap drawings 4
Bar of soap, drawnFive lines of ASCII
Bubbles, drawnFour lines of ASCII
Pump bottle, drawnSix lines of ASCII
Soap dish, drawnFour lines of ASCII
Soap in words 10
мылоRussian for soap, by Wiktionary
石鹸Japanese for soap, by Wiktionary
jabónSpanish for soap; a bar of soap, by Wiktionary
sabãoPortuguese for soap, by Wiktionary
sabunTurkish and Indonesian for soap, by Wiktionary
saponeItalian for soap, by Wiktionary
savonFrench for soap, by Wiktionary
SeifeGerman for soap, by Wiktionary
tvålSwedish for soap or a bar of soap, by Wiktionary
zeepDutch for soap, by Wiktionary
Soap words 15
Bar soap 🧼By Wiktionary: Any kind of soap made in a bar shape
Lather 🫧By Wiktionary: Foam from soap and water stirred rapidly
Liquid soap 🧴By Wiktionary: Any of various liquid soaps for washing hands, dishes, cars and so on
Saponify 🧪By Wiktionary: To make soap out of (a fat or oil)
Soap bubble 🫧By Wiktionary: A very thin film of soapy water forming a sphere whose surface is iridescent
Soap dish 🧼By Wiktionary: A dish-like holder for a bar of soap
Soap dispenser 🧴By Wiktionary: A simple device, often on a wall, that gives out liquid soap when pressed
Soap opera 📺By Wiktionary: A radio or television serial
Soapbox 📦By Wiktionary: A crate for packing soap
Soapmaking 🧼By Wiktionary: The process or business of making soap
Soapstone 🪨By Wiktionary: A soft, talc-rich rock
Soapwort 🌿By Wiktionary, a plant: any perennial herb in the genus Saponaria
Soft-soap 🧼By Wiktionary: Persuading by flattery or pleasing words
Squeaky clean ✨By Wiktionary: So clean that, like a hard surface, it squeaks if rubbed
Suds 🫧By Wiktionary: Lather; froth or foam from mixing soap with water
Soap lines 8
🧼 Bath timeFor the end of the day
🧼 Bubble bath, do not disturbFor a closed door
🧼 Car wash at noonFor a plan
🧼 Dishes: your turnFor the chore chart
🧼 Fresh sheets dayFor laundry done
🧼 Out of soap, add it to the listFor the shopping list
🧼 Smells like lavenderFor a new bar
🧼 Wash your hands, dinner is readyFor the family chat
Soap combos 18
🛁🧼🫧Bath nightBathtub, then soap, then bubbles.
🪣🧼🧽Big clean-upBucket, then soap, then sponge.
🧼🧽🍽️Dish dutySoap, then sponge, then fork and knife with plate.
🐕🧼💦Dog washDog, then soap, then sweat droplets.
🐐🥛🧼Goat milk soapGoat, then glass of milk, then soap.
🧼👐🚰Hands under the tapSoap, then open hands, then potable water.
🍯🧼Honey soapHoney pot, then soap.
🧺🧼👕Laundry loadBasket, then soap, then t-shirt.
🧼🪻Lavender soapSoap, then hyacinth.
🍋🧼Lemon soapLemon, then soap.
🫒🧼Olive oil soapOlive, then soap.
🧼📦📣On a soapboxSoap, then package, then megaphone.
🚿🧴Shower gelShower, then lotion bottle.
🧼💨Slippery when wetSoap, then dashing away.
🧼💧Soap and waterSoap, then droplet.
🧼📺Soap operaSoap, then television.
🧼🫧🫧SudsSoap, then bubbles, twice.
🚗🧼🫧Washing the carAutomobile, then soap, then bubbles.