Category: Objects

🪏shovel

🪏 shovel belongs to Objects. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

A shovel or spade, typically used for digging, gardening, or moving snow and dirt.

Aliases

No common aliases recorded for this emoji yet.

Keywords

burydiggardenholeplantscoopsnowspadeshovel

What does 🪏 shovel mean?

The shovel emoji depicts a digging tool with a broad blade and a handle. It is often used in contexts related to gardening, landscaping, construction, or snow removal. Depending on context, it can also represent the act of digging a hole or burying something, either literally or metaphorically.

Often used for

  • Discussing gardening, planting, or landscaping
  • Talking about clearing snow from driveways or paths
  • Referencing construction or manual labor involving digging
  • Metaphorically suggesting someone is digging for information or burying a secret
Tone: Tone is generally literal and practical, though it can occasionally be used metaphorically for uncovering secrets or burying the past.

Illustrative message examples with 🪏

These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.

  • time to go dig out the car from all this snow 🪏
  • spent all morning planting trees in the backyard 🪏
  • i need a bigger shovel for this garden project 🪏
  • we're burying the time capsule this weekend 🪏
  • he's out there digging for gossip again 🪏

How 🪏 shovel looks

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shovel emoji in OpenMoji style
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🪏 shovel codes for developers

Every format below produces 🪏 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji🪏
Unicode codepointsU+1FA8F
HTML (decimal)🪏
HTML (hex)🪏
CSS\1FA8F
JavaScript\u{1FA8F}
JSON\uD83E\uDE8F
URL encoded%F0%9F%AA%8F

🪏 in other languages

SpanishpalaFrenchpelleGermanSchaufelItalianvangaPortuguesepáRussianлопатаJapaneseシャベルKorean삽Chinese铲LithuaniankastuvasPolishłopata

Source: Unicode CLDR

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