Crossed Swords
U+2694⚔Emoji or pictograph ยท decimal ⚔
Weapon Symbols Copy & Paste
Browse 19 weapon symbols and read the meaning before you use one. Mostly drawn from the Miscellaneous Symbols block. 3 render as text and 16 as emoji.
Copy weapon symbols
19 characters and sequences. Select any entry to copy the text behind it.
That search returns nothing in this set.
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Weapon Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
12 of the 19 entries, shown with their full detail. Read the name before the shape. Each row also carries the hexadecimal and decimal HTML reference for the exact sequence.
Shield
U+1F6E1🛡Emoji or pictograph ยท decimal 🛡
Bow And Arrow
U+1F3F9🏹Emoji or pictograph ยท decimal 🏹
Pick
U+26CF⛏Emoji or pictograph ยท decimal ⛏
Axe
U+1FA93🪓Emoji or pictograph ยท decimal 🪓
Martial Arts Uniform
U+1F94B🥋Emoji or pictograph ยท decimal 🥋
Black Cross On Shield
U+26E8⛨Symbol ยท decimal ⛨
Crossed Swords
U+2694 U+FE0F⚔ ️Emoji sequence ยท decimal ⚔ ️
Dagger
U+1F5E1 U+FE0F🗡 ️Emoji sequence ยท decimal 🗡 ️
Shield
U+1F6E1 U+FE0F🛡 ️Emoji sequence ยท decimal 🛡 ️
Double Dagger
U+2021‡Punctuation ยท decimal ‡
Pickup Truck
U+1F6FB🛻Emoji or pictograph ยท decimal 🛻
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Weapon symbols in historical, heraldic and game contexts
Weapon and heraldic symbols are most appropriate in historical, gaming or descriptive contexts.
This page groups swords, shields, bows and related objects for description, history, heraldry and games. Context is essential because the same image can imply conflict, defense, sport or a fictional role. Stored on this page are 19 entries, split 14 single characters to 5 sequences.
You will meet Crossed Swords, Shield, Bow And Arrow, Pick among these. Measured over the full set, the leading name patterns are Variation Selector-16 (5), Crossed Swords (2), Dagger Knife (2). Single-character values span U+2020 to U+1FA93.
Browse weapon symbols by type
Emoji or pictograph
11 entries
Punctuation
2 entries
Symbol
1 entry
Emoji sequence
5 entries
What this inventory contains
The range these weapon symbols occupy
The span runs U+2020 to U+1FA93. By Unicode general category that is symbol 12, punctuation 2.
How the official names cluster
Variation Selector-16 (5), Crossed Swords (2), Dagger Knife (2) lead the name frequencies โ measured, not assumed.
Joiners, selectors and length
Of the sequences, 0 rely on a zero-width joiner and 5 on a variation selector; 2 code points is the longest single entry.
Which one should you use
Watch out for Crossed Swords next to Shield. They are different characters: U+2694 and U+1F6E1. Emoji or pictograph is the safe default at 11 entries.
Leave symbol unless nothing else fits. Colour or no colour is the first choice: 16 emoji, 3 plain. Always check it in the place it will appear.
Grouping is by purpose. A single group can mix letters, symbols and punctuation as Unicode defines them.
11Emoji or pictograph
Drawn by the operating system, not your font. 58% here.
5Emoji sequence
Built from parts that must travel together. 26% here.
2Punctuation
Punctuation, where small differences matter. 11% here.
1Symbol
Monochrome characters you can style like text. 5% here.
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Weapon Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
This page has 19 weapon symbols to copy. The largest set is emoji or pictograph, with 11. Their home in Unicode is the Miscellaneous Symbols block. 16 of them are emoji and come out in colour. The other 3 take the colour of the text near them.
Sorted into 4 kinds
Emoji or pictograph is the biggest at 11. The rest split between punctuation, symbol and emoji sequence.
Encoding, and why coverage varies
They come from Miscellaneous Symbols (7), Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (5) and Transport and Map Symbols (3). Across U+2020 to U+1FA93, support gets patchy at the newer end.
Easy to confuse
Compare Crossed Swords with Shield. Same shape, different code point.
5 entries are sequences
Half-copying breaks 5 of these. Take the whole value.
Key words and ideas
Useful terms when searching or describing weapon symbols.
- Emoji or pictograph
- Punctuation
- Symbol
- Emoji sequence
- Weapon
- Sword
- Shield
- Bow
- Heraldry
- Historical
- Crossed
- Swords
A quick choice checklist
- Match the meaning. Start with emoji or pictograph when that group fits your message.
- Read the name. Compare Crossed Swords with Shield before you pick by shape.
- Test the result. Paste the full value into the app, document, or profile where it will appear.
What the weapon symbols inventory actually contains
Every figure below is counted from the 19 entries stored for this page rather than estimated. The characters are drawn from Miscellaneous Symbols (7), Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (5) and Transport and Map Symbols (3).
| Group | Entries | Examples | Code points | Usual presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emoji or pictograph | 11 | โ ๐ก ๐ก | U+2692โU+1F6E1 | Emoji presentation |
| Punctuation | 2 | โ โก | U+2020โU+2021 | Text presentation |
| Symbol | 1 | โจ | U+26E8 | Text presentation |
| Emoji sequence | 5 | โ๏ธ โ๏ธ ๐ก๏ธ | sequence | Emoji presentation |
Practical note: Presentation is the typical default. A variation selector, a specific font stack, or an application that overrides emoji rendering can change what you see after pasting.
Read further
Compare these choices with game symbols and trophy symbols. For a deeper explanation, read How to Copy and Paste Symbols Safely. For a quick answer first, see how do i find the official name of a symbol?.
Tip: A symbol should decorate a label, not replace it โ plain words keep the meaning available to search and to assistive technology.
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How to use weapon symbols
Selecting an entry places its exact code points on your clipboard. Paste with Ctrl V, โ V, or the Paste command on mobile.
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Historical and educational references
Reach for Crossed Swords, and never let it replace a word that matters.
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Faith and community communication
When handling faith and community communication, the 11 emoji or pictograph entries are the obvious pool, and let visual weight settle the final choice.
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Games, heraldry and contextual storytelling
When creating games, heraldry and contextual storytelling, paste the complete entry โ several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready weapon symbols examples for historical and educational references
Historical and educational references
โ Weapon referenceFaith and community communication
โ ๐ก ๐กGames, heraldry and contextual storytelling
๐ก weapon โ05
Typing weapon symbols without copying them
You do not have to copy. Each code point below doubles as a keyboard code โ decimal for a Windows alt code, hexadecimal for Word and macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| โ | Crossed Swords | Alt 9876 | 2694 | ⚔ |
| ๐ก | Shield | Not available | 1F6E1 | 🛡 |
| ๐น | Bow And Arrow | Not available | 1F3F9 | 🏹 |
| โ | Pick | Alt 9935 | 26CF | ⛏ |
| ๐ช | Axe | Not available | 1FA93 | 🪓 |
| ๐ฅ | Martial Arts Uniform | Not available | 1F94B | 🥋 |
Alt codes need a physical numeric keypad and stop at U+FFFF. 8 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 5 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces โ copy those instead. Full per-platform instructions live in the keyboard guide.
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How weapon symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Most of these live in one place: Miscellaneous Symbols holds 47% of them. The rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs and Transport and Map Symbols. 3 are plain text and follow your font.
16 are emoji and arrive in colour you cannot change. Unicode files the emoji ones under Objects and Activities. 5 are built from more than one character.
Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart. The newest here arrived in Emoji 13.0. Older phones show a blank box instead.
What travels is the character; what you see is whatever font the destination reaches for. That is why the same weapon symbol can look heavier on a phone than in a document.
14Single characters
5Sequences
16Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with weapon symbols
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Using a weapon mark where a neutral tool or sport label is clearer.
- 2
Assuming the symbol has the same cultural meaning everywhere.
- 3
Using decorative imagery in a threatening or harassing context.
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Weapon Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Crossed Swords and Shield?+
They are two distinct Unicode characters: Crossed Swords is U+2694 (HTML ⚔) and Shield is U+1F6E1 (HTML 🛡). A font may draw them almost identically, but they sort and search as separate values.
What is the HTML code for crossed swords?+
⚔ is the hexadecimal form and ⚔ the decimal one; both render as โ. On a page that declares UTF-8 you can also just paste the character.
Which weapon symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
3 of the 19 are ordinary text characters. They take the colour and weight of the surrounding font, which suits documents, code and interface labels. The other 16 are emoji and arrive as colour artwork you cannot restyle.
Why does one of these weapon symbols split apart when I paste it?+
5 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these weapon symbols in?+
The answer is Miscellaneous Symbols, covering 7 of them; the rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs and Transport and Map Symbols. That matters because a font either supports a block broadly or barely at all.
Will these weapon symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 13.0. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
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Learn more about weapon symbols
Where to take weapon symbols next
Characters carrying cultural meaning deserve a check that what you copied is only what you intended to copy.
Invisible Character InspectorReveal zero-width spaces, joiners and direction marks without changing the text you paste into the inspector.Open the text inspector โCursive Text ConverterCreate script-style Unicode text while keeping a plain-text version for names, search and accessibility.Open the text converter โ
Composing a finished design from these is what the Symbol Maker is for. The Unicode tools hub compares all seven and says when each is the right choice.
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Sources for these figures
Nothing here is estimated: the 19 entries are counted directly. The Unicode 17.0 character database supplies every formal name and category here, and the emoji data files decide which entries carry emoji properties.
- Unicode Character Database โ UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data