Crossed swords

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Shortcode
:crossed_swords:
Unicode
U+2694
HTML
⚔
CSS
\2694
JavaScript
"\u{2694}"
URL
%E2%9A%94%EF%B8%8F

crossedswordsweapon

What ⚔️ means

Two swords crossed in battle. It means a fight, a rivalry or a challenge.

Sports fans post it before a big matchup, and gamers use it for PvP, raids and duels. "Fight me ⚔️" is a playful challenge over a hot take. On maps and in games it can also mark the site of a battle.

Facts

Crossed swords ⚔️ is an emoji in the objects category, under tool. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :crossed_swords:. People also look for it with words like “crossed”, “swords”, or “weapon”.

Timeline

  1. 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 1.0)

Design history

Google (Noto)

  1. crossed swords, Google (Noto) design from 20172017
  2. crossed swords, Google (Noto) design from 20182018
  3. crossed swords, Google (Noto) design from 20212021

Twemoji (X, Discord)

  1. crossed swords, Twemoji (X, Discord) design from 20162016
  2. crossed swords, Twemoji (X, Discord) design from 20202020

Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.

objects · Emoji 1.0