Snip snip—this is the trusty ✂️ you reach for when paper needs trimming, bangs need bravery, or drama needs a clean cut. On Apple/iOS it’s a shiny, open pair angled slightly to the right, with bright red handles and sleek silver blades, pivot screw visible like it’s mid-snip and ready for action. It radiates classroom-and-craft-table energy, but also that salon “new hair, who dis?” confidence.
People drop it in captions for haircut reveals, DIY craft posts, and coupon codes with a cheeky “cut here ——— ✂️.” It doubles as internet shorthand for editing—hard cuts in video, or “cut to the chase” in chats. In the feelings department, it’s perfect for announcing boundaries (“cutting ties”), budget trims, or telling a friend—lovingly or sarcastically—to “cut it out.”
Culturally, it shows up in Rock-Paper-Scissors showdowns, sewing and tailor talk, and any Edward Scissorhands meme that needs a little extra snip. It’s practical, a little dramatic, and instantly recognizable—like the red-handled hero of every junk drawer ever.
Definition
A pair of red scissors which are open.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1304 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:scissors:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Scissors
Scissors
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Dingbats
Unicode Range
2700–27BF
Unicode Subcategory
Miscellaneous
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Names & Annotations
BLACK SCISSORS
Symbol Information
✂ U+2702 unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier
e-53E
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#56 'Hairdresser' 美容院 U+E675 SJIS-F8D6 JIS-7671
KDDI
#104 はさみ 「hasami」 U+E516 SJIS-F6EF JIS-7671
Softbank
#238 #old289 はさみ 「hasami」 U+E313 SJIS-F9B3
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
✂
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
✂
Decimal HTML Entity
✂
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
✂
Hex Code Point(s)
2702
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2702
Decimal Code Point(s)
9986
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9C 0x82
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9C 82
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 234 202
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2702
UTF-16 Hex
2702
UTF-16 Dec
9986
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002702
UTF-32 Hex
2702
UTF-32 Dec
9986
Python Src
u"\u2702"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9c\x82"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2702"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
✂️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
✂️
Decimal HTML Entity
✂ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
✂ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
2702, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2702, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9986, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9C 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9C 82, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 234 202, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2702, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
2702, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9986, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002702 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
2702, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9986, 65039
Python Src
u"\u2702\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9c\x82\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2702\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
