# 🗜️ Clamp emoji

🗜️ Clamp is an emoji in the tools set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: compress, tool and vice.

- Emoji: 🗜️
- Unicode name: clamp
- Code points: U+1F5DC U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Tools
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :clamp:
- Keywords: clamp, compress, tool, vice
- Page: https://emojichart.com/clamp-emoji

## What it means

A C-clamp, a tool that squeezes things tightly to hold them in place. It suggests clamping, pressure and compression, and fits woodworking and workshop talk or the idea of compressing something.

## How to type 🗜️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “clamp”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “clamp”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “clamp”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “clamp”.
- GitHub: Type :clamp: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | tornillo de banco | herramienta, tornillo, tornillo de banco |
| Français (fr) | serre-joint | compresser, comprimer, outil, serre-joint, serre-joints |
| Deutsch (de) | Schraubzwinge | Schraubzwinge, Werkzeug |
| Italiano (it) | morsetto | fissare, morsa, morsetto, serrare, stringere, utensile |
| Português (pt) | braçadeira | braçadeira, compressão, ferramenta, morsa, torno |
| Nederlands (nl) | lijmklem | bankschroef, gereedschap, lijmklem, samendrukken |
| Svenska (sv) | skruvtving | skruvtving, tving, verktyg |
| Polski (pl) | ścisk | kompresja, nacisk, narzędzia, prasa, prasowanie, presja, ścisk, ściskanie |
| Türkçe (tr) | mengene | alet, mengene, sıkıştırma |
| Русский (ru) | компрессор | зажим, компрессор, тиски |
| Українська (uk) | затискач | затискач, знаряддя, кліщі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σφιγκτήρας | ασκώ πίεση, εργαλείο, μέγγενη, πρέσα, σφίγγω, σφιγκτήρας |
| العربية (ar) | آلة ضغط | آلة ضغط, أداة, سنكري, ضغط, ملزمة |
| עברית (he) | מלחציים | כלי עבודה, מלחציים |
| فارسی (fa) | پرس | ابزار, پرس, صحافی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | क्लैंप | उपकरण, कंप्रेस, क्लंप, क्लैंप, टूल, दबाना |
| বাংলা (bn) | ক্ল্যাম্প | কম্প্রেশন, ক্ল্যাম্প, টুলস, ভাইস, সরঞ্জাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | klem | alat, klem, pengompres, penjepit |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cái kẹp | cái kẹp, cặp, dụng cụ, nén |
| ไทย (th) | เครื่องบีบอัด | เครื่องบีบอัด, เครื่องมือ, บีบอัด, หนีบ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 万力 | クランプ, バイス, 万力, 工具 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 압축기 | 바이스, 압축기, 연장, 콤프레셔, 클램프 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 夹钳 | 压缩, 夹具, 夹钳, 工具, 机械, 紧固 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 壓縮機 | 壓縮, 壓縮機, 夾具, 鉗子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): klamp
- Akan (ak): fam
- Albanian (sq): ngjeshje
- Amharic (am): መጨፍለቂያ
- Armenian (hy): մամլակ
- Assamese (as): চেপনী
- Azerbaijani (az): sıxma
- Bashkir (ba): ҡыҫҡыс
- Basque (eu): konprimatzea
- Belarusian (be): ціскі
- Bosnian (bs): kompresija
- Breton (br): serjant
- Bulgarian (bg): стяга
- Burmese (my): ပြုတ်တူ
- Cantonese (yue): 鉗
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 钳
- Catalan (ca): serjant
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 車輪夾鎖
- Chuvash (cv): хӗскӗч
- Croatian (hr): škrip
- Czech (cs): svěrka
- Danish (da): skruetvinge
- Estonian (et): kruustangid
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): grampo
- Faroese (fo): skrúvutvinga
- Filipino (fil): compression
- Finnish (fi): ruuvipuristin
- Galician (gl): ferramenta de compresión
- Georgian (ka): კომპრესია
- Gujarati (gu): ક્લેમ્પ
- Hausa (ha): kayan ɗaurewa
- Hungarian (hu): satu
- Icelandic (is): þjöppun
- Igbo (ig): ngwa mkpabi
- Irish (ga): clampa
- Javanese (jv): cathok
- Kalaallisut (kl): skruetvinge
- Kannada (kn): ಸಂಕುಚಿತ
- Kazakh (kk): қысу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قىسۋ
- Khmer (km): ឃ្នៀប
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ipensi
- Konkani (kok): क्लॅम्प
- Kyrgyz (ky): кысуу
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): laq’apub’al
- Lao (lo): ເຄື່ອງບີບອັດ
- Latvian (lv): skrūvspīles
- Lithuanian (lt): suspaudimas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): šrubowańska spina
- Luxembourgish (lb): Schraufstack
- Macedonian (mk): стега
- Malay (ms): ragum
- Malayalam (ml): ക്ലാമ്പ്
- Maltese (mt): klamp
- Marathi (mr): संकोचन
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): abrazadera
- Mongolian (mn): шахагч
- Māori (mi): kuku
- Nepali (ne): संकुचन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Klamp
- Northern Sotho (nso): tlelempo
- Norwegian (no): skrutvinge
- Odia (or): କ୍ଲାମ୍ପ୍
- Oromo (om): kilaampii
- Pashto (ps): رکاب
- Punjabi (pa): ਦਬਾਉਣਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ڈھیر لانا
- Quechua (qu): abrazadera
- Romanian (ro): menghină
- Romansh (rm): serraditscha
- Sardinian (sc): istringone
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): clabhd
- Serbian (sr): стега
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): stega
- Shan (shn): ၶိူင်ႈမိပ်ႇႁတ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪلپ
- Sinhala (si): සම්පීඩකය
- Slovak (sk): zverák
- Slovenian (sl): stiskanje
- Somali (so): isku xajiye
- Swahili (sw): kubana
- Tajik (tg): хамут
- Tamil (ta): கம்ப்ரஷன் கருவி
- Telugu (te): కుదింపు
- Tigrinya (ti): ምጭባጥ
- Tongan (to): fakauʻu
- Tswana (tn): tlelempe
- Turkmen (tk): gysgyç
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): šrubowe klěšće
- Urdu (ur): کلیمپ
- Uyghur (ug): قىسقۇچ
- Uzbek (uz): kompressor
- Welsh (cy): cywasgedd
- Wolof (wo): tënaaj
- Xhosa (xh): isibambi
- Yoruba (yo): gbámú
- Zulu (zu): isicindezeli

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F5DC U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🗜️` |
| CSS | `\1F5DC\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F5DC}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F5DC\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 97 9C EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DDDC FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%97%9C%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🗜️ clamp emoji mean?

A C-clamp, a tool that squeezes things tightly to hold them in place. It suggests clamping, pressure and compression, and fits woodworking and workshop talk or the idea of compressing something.

### How do I type the 🗜️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “clamp”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :clamp:.

### When was the 🗜️ emoji added?

🗜️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🗜️?

U+1F5DC U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🗜️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F5DC}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/clamp-emoji