Clamp Emoji
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What does the Clamp emoji mean?
1
A right-facing vise (or C-clamp). The screw’s position may vary depending on the platform. Typically used to represent creating or building something.
2
This is a metal clamp with a screw mechanism, shaped like a bracket. It’s commonly used in locksmithing and carpentry to hold pieces securely while you work.
The clamp emoji represents this kind of hand tool and is often used to symbolize pressure, compression, and clenching. For example, you might use it to show you’re in a difficult situation or that you’re under pressure.
Also Known As
- 🗜️ Table Vice
- 🗜️ WinZip
Apple Name
- 🗜️ Clamp
Unicode Name
- 🗜️ Compression
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
Download the Clamp emoji
Vector file from the Noto Emoji set by Google, licence CC BY 4.0.
🗜️ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+1F5DC U+FE0F
Shortcodes
- works in Github, Emojipedia
- works in Slack, Discord
For developers
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%97%9C%EF%B8%8F |
| Punycode | xn--d18h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 97 9C EF B8 8F |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \uD83D\uDDDC\uFE0F |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001f5dc\uFE0F |
| CSS | \01F5DC \FE0F |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1F5DC}\u{FE0F} |
| Perl | \x{1F5DC}\x{FE0F} |
| HTML hex | 🗜️ |
| HTML dec | 🗜️ |