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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
