⚖️ Balance scale emoji
HTML
⚖
Unicode
U+2696
What is ⚖️ called?
⚖️ is called the Balance scale emoji.
It is sometimes called scales of justice, weighing scales, or legal balance. The wording reflects ordinary speech, specialist use, translation, or what the symbol looks like; Unicode’s official name is balance scale.
What does ⚖️ mean?
⚖️ is officially named balance scale. The two-pan balance compares weights and commonly represents impartial justice; it differs from a modern bathroom or kitchen scale.
Use it for law, justice, fairness, comparison, weighing, or equilibrium. Context supplies the precise intention, and related choices include 🗜️ Clamp and 🦯 White cane.
Other meanings
It can convey law, justice, fairness, comparison, weighing, or equilibrium. Context determines whether a message is literal, mechanical, accessibility-related, technical, practical, or figurative.
Example Usage
The project notes cover law ⚖️
A second context is justice ⚖️
More details
Officially named balance scale. Its code point is U+2696. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.
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Visual description
Platform artwork depicts balance scale as a compact, recognisable pictograph or symbol.
The two-pan balance compares weights and commonly represents impartial justice; it differs from a modern bathroom or kitchen scale. Colours, proportions, orientation, text styling, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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