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🛡️ Shield emoji

🛡️

Emoji #1347

HTML

🛡

Unicode

U+1F6E1

What is 🛡️ called?

🛡️ is called the Shield emoji.

It is also known as defence shield, protective shield, or security shield. These are natural common, regional, technical, or appearance-based terms rather than extra official names; Unicode’s official name is shield.

What does 🛡️ mean?

🛡️ is officially named shield. A shield, representing protection, defense, security, and protective barriers against attacks or harmful elements. Essential defensive tool for blocking attacks, providing protection, and creating safety barriers.

Use it for literal references to shield and for protection, defense, security, safety barriers, protective measures, threat prevention. The handheld shield represents defence, safety, protection, or cybersecurity; it does not guarantee immunity or identify heraldry. Related choices include 🏹 Bow and arrow and 🪚 Carpentry saw.

Other meanings

It can mean protection, defense, security, safety barriers, protective measures, threat prevention. Context determines whether a message is tool-related, repair, construction, defence, historical, game-related, or figurative.

Example Usage

Using encryption as a digital shield 🛡️ against cyber threats

The office, security, or tools message includes shield 🛡️

More details

Officially named shield. Its code point is U+1F6E1. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.

Visual description

A defensive shield showing the classic protective design used for blocking attacks and providing personal protection.

The handheld shield represents defence, safety, protection, or cybersecurity; it does not guarantee immunity or identify heraldry. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.

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