⚓️ Anchor emoji

A ship's anchor used to secure vessels in place by hooking into the seabed or harbor bottom. This essential maritime equipment prevents ships from drifting due to wind, waves, or currents, representing stability and maritime navigation.

Anchors symbolize stability, security, hope, and being grounded. In maritime contexts, they represent safe harbor, while metaphorically they suggest reliability, steadfastness, and something that provides security or stability.

Related to maritime vessels like ⛵ Sailboat and 🚢 Ship that depend on anchors for mooring. Often used symbolically to represent stability, security, or being anchored to values or places.

Could also be called Ship anchor or maritime anchor emoji.

Other meanings

Stability, security, hope, maritime tradition, being grounded

Example Usage

The ship dropped its anchor ⚓ in the calm harbor for the night

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Visual description

A traditional ship anchor with curved flukes, a shank, and chain, showing the classic maritime anchor design.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.