Shield Emoji
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What does the Shield emoji mean?
1
A shield, the defensive tool used to block attacks in combat. Also typically used to describe blocking someone.
2
This image shows a protective device from the Middle Ages used in sword fights. In emoji-style iconography, the shield is shown in red and white and takes the classic kite shape.
Today the shield is a widely recognized symbol of protection, guardianship, and security. It’s a popular emblem for human-rights organizations, law-enforcement and security firms, and companies dedicated to safeguarding property and human life.
Apple Name
- 🛡️ Shield
Unicode Name
- 🛡️ Shield
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
Download the Shield emoji
Vector file from the Noto Emoji set by Google, licence CC BY 4.0.
🛡️ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+1F6E1 U+FE0F
Shortcodes
- works in Github, Slack, Emojipedia, Discord
For developers
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%9B%A1%EF%B8%8F |
| Punycode | xn--t88h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 9B A1 EF B8 8F |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \uD83D\uDEE1\uFE0F |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001f6e1\uFE0F |
| CSS | \01F6E1 \FE0F |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1F6E1}\u{FE0F} |
| Perl | \x{1F6E1}\x{FE0F} |
| HTML hex | 🛡️ |
| HTML dec | 🛡️ |