# ✂️ Scissors emoji

✂️ Scissors is an emoji in the office set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: cut, cutting, paper and tool.

- Emoji: ✂️
- Unicode name: scissors
- Code points: U+2702 U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Office
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :scissors:
- Keywords: cut, cutting, paper, scissors, tool
- Page: https://emojichart.com/scissors-emoji

## What it means

Open blades on a pair of scissors signal cutting, crafts and trimming. They appear around haircuts, coupons, paper crafts and making a cut, or with editing something down.

## How to type ✂️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | tijeras | cortar, herramienta, tijeras |
| Français (fr) | ciseaux | ciseaux, couper, découper, fournitures, papier |
| Deutsch (de) | Schere | Schere, schneiden, schnipp |
| Italiano (it) | forbici | forbici, strumento, tagliare, taglio |
| Português (pt) | tesoura | aberta, cortar, ferramenta, tesoura |
| Nederlands (nl) | schaar | gereedschap, knippen, schaar |
| Svenska (sv) | sax | klippa, sax |
| Polski (pl) | nożyczki | ciąć, narzędzie, nożyczki, ostre, przeciąć |
| Türkçe (tr) | makas | alet, makas |
| Русский (ru) | ножницы | инструмент, ножницы, резать |
| Українська (uk) | ножиці | вирізати, інструмент, ножиці, папір |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ψαλίδι | εργαλείο, κόβω, κοπή, χαρτί, ψαλίδι |
| العربية (ar) | مقص | أداة, اداة, قص, مقص, ورق |
| עברית (he) | מספריים | גזירה, יצירה, לגזור, מספריים |
| فارسی (fa) | قیچی | ابزار, ابزار بریدن, قیچی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कैंची | काटना, कैंची, टूल |
| বাংলা (bn) | কাঁচি | কাঁচি, টুল, সরঞ্জাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | gunting | alat, gunting, potong |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | kéo | cắt, dụng cụ, kéo |
| ไทย (th) | กรรไกร | กรรไกร, เครื่องมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | はさみ | カット, はさみ, ハサミ, 切る, 文具, 文房具 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 가위 | 가위, 기구, 도구, 자르기, 종이 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 剪刀 | 修剪, 剪, 剪刀, 剪子, 剪裁, 工具 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 剪刀 | 剪, 剪刀, 剪切, 工具 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): skêr
- Akan (ak): apasoͻ
- Albanian (sq): gërshërë
- Amharic (am): መቀስ
- Armenian (hy): մկրատ
- Assamese (as): কেঁচী
- Azerbaijani (az): qayçı
- Bashkir (ba): ҡайсы
- Basque (eu): guraizeak
- Belarusian (be): нажніцы
- Bosnian (bs): makaze
- Breton (br): sizailhoù
- Bulgarian (bg): ножици
- Burmese (my): ကတ်ကြေး
- Cantonese (yue): 較剪
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 较剪
- Catalan (ca): tisores
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎵᏍᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 骹剪
- Chuvash (cv): хачӑ
- Croatian (hr): škare
- Czech (cs): nůžky
- Danish (da): saks
- Estonian (et): käärid
- Faroese (fo): saksur
- Filipino (fil): gunting
- Finnish (fi): sakset
- Galician (gl): tesoiras
- Georgian (ka): მაკრატელი
- Gujarati (gu): કાતર
- Hausa (ha): almakashi
- Hungarian (hu): olló
- Icelandic (is): skæri
- Igbo (ig): mkpà
- Irish (ga): siosúr
- Javanese (jv): gunting
- Kalaallisut (kl): saks
- Kannada (kn): ಕತ್ತರಿಗಳು
- Kazakh (kk): қайшы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قايشى
- Khmer (km): កន្ត្រៃ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): Imakasi
- Konkani (kok): कातरी
- Kyrgyz (ky): кайчы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): taq qupib’al
- Lao (lo): ມີດຕັດ
- Latvian (lv): šķēres
- Lithuanian (lt): žirklės
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nožyce
- Luxembourgish (lb): Schéier
- Macedonian (mk): ножици
- Malay (ms): gunting
- Malayalam (ml): കത്രിക
- Maltese (mt): imqass
- Marathi (mr): कात्री
- Mongolian (mn): хайч
- Māori (mi): kutikuti
- Nepali (ne): कैँची
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Sízọs
- Northern Sotho (nso): sekero
- Norwegian (no): saks
- Odia (or): କତୁରୀ
- Oromo (om): maqasii
- Pashto (ps): قیچي
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੈਂਚੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): قینچی
- Quechua (qu): kuchuna
- Romanian (ro): foarfece
- Romansh (rm): forsch
- Sardinian (sc): fòrtzighes
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): siosar
- Serbian (sr): маказе
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): makaze
- Shan (shn): ၵိမ်းႁႆး
- Sindhi (sd): قينچي
- Sinhala (si): කතුර
- Slovak (sk): nožnice
- Slovenian (sl): škarje
- Somali (so): maqas
- Swahili (sw): makasi
- Tajik (tg): қайчӣ
- Tamil (ta): கத்திரிக்கோல்
- Telugu (te): కత్తెర
- Tigrinya (ti): መቐሳት
- Tongan (to): helekosi
- Tswana (tn): sekere
- Turkmen (tk): gaýçy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): nožicy
- Urdu (ur): قینچی
- Uyghur (ug): قايچا
- Uzbek (uz): qaychi
- Welsh (cy): siswrn
- Wolof (wo): siso
- Xhosa (xh): izikere
- Yoruba (yo): sísọ́ọ̀sì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): sísɔ́ɔ̀sì
- Zulu (zu): isikelo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2702 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `✂️` |
| CSS | `\2702\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2702}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2702\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2702 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ✂️ scissors emoji mean?

Open blades on a pair of scissors signal cutting, crafts and trimming. They appear around haircuts, coupons, paper crafts and making a cut, or with editing something down.

### How do I type the ✂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “scissors”. 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 :scissors:.

### When was the ✂️ emoji added?

✂️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+2702 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ✂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2702}\u{FE0F}.

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