# 🪏 Shovel emoji

🪏 Shovel is an emoji in the tools set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 16.0 in 2024. Related words: bury, dig, garden, hole, plant and scoop.

- Emoji: 🪏
- Unicode name: shovel
- Code points: U+1FA8F
- Category: Objects, Tools
- Added: Emoji 16.0 (2024)
- Keywords: bury, dig, garden, hole, plant, scoop, shovel, snow, spade
- Page: https://emojichart.com/shovel-emoji

## What it means

A shovel with a handle and a scoop-shaped blade. Digging, gardening and moving dirt or snow are its jobs, and it is common in posts about yard work, planting, construction and burying something.

## How to type 🪏

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “shovel”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “shovel”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “shovel”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “shovel”.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pala | agujero, cavar, enterrar, excavar, hoyo, huerto, nieve, pala, planta |
| Français (fr) | pelle | bêche, creuser, pelle, trou |
| Deutsch (de) | Schaufel | graben, Loch, Schaufel, Schippe, Spaten |
| Italiano (it) | vanga | buco, pala, scavare, spalare, vanga |
| Português (pt) | pá | buraco, cavar, pá, pazinha |
| Nederlands (nl) | schop | gat, graven, schep, schop, spade |
| Svenska (sv) | spade | begrava, gräva, hål, plantera, scoop, skopa, skyffel, trädgård |
| Polski (pl) | łopata | dziura, kopać, łopata, szpadel |
| Türkçe (tr) | kürek | çukur, kazı, kazmak, kürek |
| Русский (ru) | лопата | ковш, копать, лопата, совок, яма |
| Українська (uk) | лопата | заступ, копати, могила, поховання, рослина, сад, сніг, совок, яма |
| Ελληνικά (el) | φτυάρι | λάκκος, σκάβω, σκάψιμο, φτυάρι |
| العربية (ar) | جاروف | جاروف, حفر, حفرة, رفش, مجراف |
| עברית (he) | מעדר | את, חפירה, לחפור, מעדר |
| فارسی (fa) | بیل | بیل, بیلچه, حفر کردن, سوراخ, کج‌بیل |
| हिन्दी (hi) | फावड़ा | कुदाल, खोदना, छेद, दफ़नाना, पौधा, फावड़ा, बगीचा, बर्फ़, स्कूप |
| বাংলা (bn) | বেলচা | কোদাল, খনন, খোঁড়া, গর্ত, বেলচা, স্কুপ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | sekop | gali, kebun, kubur, lubang, salju, sekop, taman, tanaman, tumbuhan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | xẻng | đào, lỗ, thuổng, xẻng, xúc |
| ไทย (th) | พลั่ว | ขุด, ตัก, พลั่ว, เสียม, หลุม |
| 日本語 (ja) | シャベル | シャベル, ショベル, スコップ, 掘る, 穴, 鋤 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 삽 | 구멍, 눈, 뜨다, 묻다, 삽, 심다, 정원, 파다 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 铲 | 埋, 挖, 掘, 洞, 种植, 花园, 铲, 锹, 雪 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鏟子 | 挖, 洞, 鏟, 鏟子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): graaf
- Akan (ak): sofi
- Albanian (sq): lopatë
- Amharic (am): አካፋ
- Armenian (hy): թիակ
- Assamese (as): বেলচা
- Azerbaijani (az): bel
- Bashkir (ba): көрәк
- Basque (eu): pala
- Belarusian (be): шуфель
- Bosnian (bs): lopata
- Bulgarian (bg): лопата
- Burmese (my): ဂေါ်ပြား
- Cantonese (yue): 鏟
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 铲
- Catalan (ca): pala
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎪᏕᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): кӗреҫе
- Croatian (hr): lopata
- Czech (cs): lopata
- Danish (da): skovl
- Estonian (et): labidas
- Faroese (fo): spaki
- Filipino (fil): pala
- Finnish (fi): lapio
- Galician (gl): pa
- Georgian (ka): ნიჩაბი
- Gujarati (gu): પાવડો
- Hausa (ha): shebur
- Hungarian (hu): ásó
- Icelandic (is): skófla
- Igbo (ig): shọvel
- Irish (ga): sluasaid
- Javanese (jv): sekop
- Kannada (kn): ಸಲಿಕೆ
- Kazakh (kk): күрек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كۇرەك
- Khmer (km): ប៉ែល
- Konkani (kok): खुरपें
- Kyrgyz (ky): күрөк
- Lao (lo): ຊວ້ານ
- Latvian (lv): lāpsta
- Lithuanian (lt): kastuvas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): šupa
- Macedonian (mk): лопата
- Malay (ms): penyodok
- Malayalam (ml): ഷവൽ
- Marathi (mr): फावडे
- Mongolian (mn): хүрз
- Nepali (ne): बेल्चा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): shọ́vẹ́l
- Norwegian (no): spade
- Odia (or): କୋଦାଳ
- Oromo (om): shoofoo
- Pashto (ps): بیلچه
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੇਲਚਾ
- Quechua (qu): pala
- Romanian (ro): lopată
- Romansh (rm): badigl
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sluasaid
- Serbian (sr): лопата
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): lopata
- Shan (shn): သူၵ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): بيلچو
- Sinhala (si): සවල
- Slovak (sk): lopata
- Slovenian (sl): lopata
- Somali (so): badeel
- Swahili (sw): sepetu
- Tamil (ta): மண்வெட்டி
- Telugu (te): పార
- Tigrinya (ti): አካፋ
- Turkmen (tk): pilçe
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): łopač
- Urdu (ur): بیلچہ
- Uzbek (uz): kurakcha
- Welsh (cy): rhaw
- Yoruba (yo): ṣọ́bìrì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): shɔ́bìrì
- Zulu (zu): shovel

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FA8F` |
| HTML | `🪏` |
| CSS | `\1FA8F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FA8F}` |
| Python | `\U0001FA8F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AA 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DE8F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AA%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🪏 shovel emoji mean?

A shovel with a handle and a scoop-shaped blade. Digging, gardening and moving dirt or snow are its jobs, and it is common in posts about yard work, planting, construction and burying something.

### How do I type the 🪏 emoji?

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

### When was the 🪏 emoji added?

🪏 was added in Emoji 16.0, released in 2024.

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

U+1FA8F. In HTML you can write 🪏, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FA8F}.

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