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✂️ Scissors
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✂️ Emoji meaning
Letting go, cutting off contact, cutting, shortening, and separation.
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✂️ Meaning
Snippety snip! The scissors can be used to correct or cut to size. You part with your hair at the hairdresser’s or with useless things. A clean separation or a clear cut. Symbolic for the hairdressing profession.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Scissors vs dagger; both metallic sharp tools, mis-taps may send a more aggressive-looking tool.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Scissors” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6.
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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+ cut + paper
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ scissors
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ tool + cutting
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- scissors
