✂️ "scissors" emoji (copy and paste)

✂️

scissors

Black scissors with blades pointing down.

Meaning of the scissors Emoji

The scissors emoji depicts a pair of scissors, commonly used to represent cutting, crafting, or hairdressing. It can convey editing or trimming. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 1.1 in 1993 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

Usage Examples

  • Cutting paper ✂️
  • Haircut time ✂️
  • Crafting project ✂️
  • Editing video ✂️
  • Trimming edges ✂️

Alternative Names

scissors, cutting, shears

Related Word Associations

cut, trim, craft, edit, shears, tool

Appearance in OpenMoji

Black scissors with blades pointing down.

Download the OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) version of the ✂️ scissors emoji for cross-platform use:

PNG format:

SVG format:

Unicode Data

Code Point(s):
U+2702 FE0F
Version:
Emoji E0.6

Developer Codes

Shortcode (Discord) :scissors:
Shortcode (GitHub) :scissors:
Shortcode (Slack) :scissors:
HTML Dec ✂️
HTML Hex ✂️
CSS \002702 \00FE0F
C, C++ & Python \u2702\uFE0F
Java, JavaScript & JSON \u2702\uFE0F
Perl \x{2702}\x{FE0F}
PHP & Ruby \u{2702}\u{FE0F}
Punycode xn--3bi
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%82%EF%B8%8F

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