# ⛓️‍💥 Broken chain emoji

⛓️‍💥 Broken chain is an emoji in the tools set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 15.1 in 2023. Related words: break, breaking, cuffs and freedom.

- Emoji: ⛓️‍💥
- Unicode name: broken chain
- Code points: U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5
- Category: Objects, Tools
- Added: Emoji 15.1 (2023)
- Keywords: break, breaking, broken, chain, cuffs, freedom
- Page: https://emojichart.com/broken-chain-emoji

## What it means

A chain with a link snapping apart. Breaking free, freedom and escaping restraint are its meanings, and it is a natural fit for liberation, breaking a cycle or a bond, ending something, and recovering from a hard situation.

## What it's made of

⛓️‍💥 is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. ⛓️ [Chains](https://emojichart.com/chains-emoji.md) (U+26D3 U+FE0F)
2. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. 💥 [Collision](https://emojichart.com/collision-emoji.md) (U+1F4A5)

## How to type ⛓️‍💥

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “broken chain”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “broken chain”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “broken chain”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “broken chain”.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cadena rota | cadena, cadena rota, esposas, libertad, romper, rotura |
| Français (fr) | chaîne brisée | chaîne, chaîne brisée, chaîne cassée, chaîne rompue, liberté |
| Deutsch (de) | gebrochene Kette | brechen, Freiheit, gebrochen, gebrochene Kette, Handschellen, Kette, zerbrechen |
| Italiano (it) | catena spezzata | catena spezzata, catene, libertà, manette, rompere, spezzare |
| Português (pt) | corrente quebrada | algema, corrente, liberdade, quebrada, quebrando, quebrar |
| Nederlands (nl) | gebroken ketting | boeien, breek, gebroken, ketting, vrijheid |
| Svenska (sv) | bruten länk | boja, bruten länk, bryta, frihet, kedja |
| Polski (pl) | zerwany łańcuch | kajdany, łańcuch, wolność, zerwać, zerwanie, zerwany łańcuch |
| Türkçe (tr) | zincirleri kırmak | kelepçe, kırık zincir, kırmak, özgürlük, patlama, zincir, zincirler, zincirleri kırmak |
| Русский (ru) | разорванная цепь | оковы, разорванная цепь, разорвать, разрыв, свобода, цепь |
| Українська (uk) | розірваний ланцюг | воля, ланки, розірваний ланцюг, розрив, розривання |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σπασμένη αλυσίδα | αλυσίδα, ελευθερία, σπάζω, σπάσιμο, σπασμένη αλυσίδα, χειροπέδες |
| العربية (ar) | سلسلة مكسورة | سلسلة مكسورة, يكسر، كسر، سلسلة، أصفاد، حرية |
| עברית (he) | שרשרת שבורה | חירות, קטיעה, שבירה, שלשלאות, שרשרת, שרשרת שבורה |
| فارسی (fa) | زنجیر پاره | زنجیر پاره, شکستن، پاره شدن، زنجیر، دستبند، آزادی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | टूटी हुई ज़ंजीर | आज़ादी, कड़ी, ज़ंजीर, टूटना, टूटी हुई ज़ंजीर, तोड़ना |
| বাংলা (bn) | ভাঙা শিকল | কাফ, চেইন, ভাঙা শিকল, ভাঙ্গা, শিকল, স্বাধীনতা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | rantai putus | ikatan, lepas, putus, rantai |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | xích bị đứt | bẻ gãy, còng tay, đứt, làm đứt, tự do, xích, xích bị đứt |
| ไทย (th) | โซ่ขาด | กุญแจมือ, โซ่ขาด, ตรวน, แตก, หัก, อิสรภาพ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 壊れた鎖 | くさり, チェーン, 壊れた, 壊れた鎖 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 끊어진 쇠사슬 | 끊어진, 끊어진 쇠사슬, 부서진, 사슬, 수갑, 자유, 족쇄 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 断链 | 手铐, 断开, 断开的链条, 断链, 自由, 链, 链条 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 斷掉的鏈條 | 斷掉、斷開、鏈條、手銬、自由, 斷掉的鏈條 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): gebreekte ketting
- Akan (ak): nkyerewa a abubu
- Albanian (sq): zinxhir i këputur
- Amharic (am): የተሰበረ ሰንሰለት
- Armenian (hy): կոտրված շղթա
- Assamese (as): ভঙা শিকলি
- Azerbaijani (az): qırılmış zəncir
- Bashkir (ba): эшләмәгән һылтанма
- Basque (eu): kate hautsia
- Belarusian (be): зламаны ланцуг
- Bosnian (bs): pokidani lanac
- Bulgarian (bg): скъсана верига
- Burmese (my): ပြတ်နေသော ချိန်းကြိုး
- Cantonese (yue): 斷鏈
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 断链
- Catalan (ca): cadena trencada
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏲᏨᎯ ᎤᎾᏓᏕᏒᏓ
- Chuvash (cv): татӑлнӑ сӑнчӑр
- Croatian (hr): slomljeni lanac
- Czech (cs): přetržený řetěz
- Danish (da): brudt kæde
- Estonian (et): katkine kett
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): corrente partida
- Faroese (fo): brotin keta
- Filipino (fil): lagot na kadena
- Finnish (fi): katkennut ketju
- Galician (gl): cadea rota
- Georgian (ka): გაწყვეტილი ჯაჭვი
- Gujarati (gu): તૂટેલી સાંકળ
- Hausa (ha): karyayyen sarkar
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): tooti hui zanjeer
- Hungarian (hu): elszakadt lánc
- Icelandic (is): slitin keðja
- Igbo (ig): agbụ ígwè gbajiri agbaji
- Irish (ga): slabhra briste
- Javanese (jv): rante pedhot
- Kannada (kn): ಮುರಿದ ಸರಪಳಿ
- Kazakh (kk): үзілген шынжыр
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇزىلگەن شىنجىر
- Khmer (km): ដាច់ច្រវាក់
- Konkani (kok): मोडिल्ली सांखळी
- Kyrgyz (ky): сынган чынжыр
- Lao (lo): ໂສ້ຫັກ
- Latvian (lv): saplēsta ķēde
- Lithuanian (lt): nutraukta grandinė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): roztergnjony rjeśaz
- Macedonian (mk): скршен синџир
- Malay (ms): rantai terputus
- Malayalam (ml): പൊട്ടിയ ചങ്ങല
- Marathi (mr): तुटलेली साखळी
- Mongolian (mn): эвдэрсэн гинж
- Nepali (ne): भाँचिएको चेन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): brókún chen
- Norwegian (no): brutt lenke
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): broten lenke
- Odia (or): ଭାଙ୍ଗିଯାଇଥିବା ଚେନ୍
- Oromo (om): cancala cabe
- Pashto (ps): مات شوی زنځیر
- Punjabi (pa): ਟੁੱਟੀ ਚੇਨ
- Quechua (qu): pakisqa cadena
- Romanian (ro): lanț rupt
- Romansh (rm): chadaina rutta
- Sardinian (sc): cadena truncada
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): slabhraidh bhriste
- Serbian (sr): прекинут ланац
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): prekinut lanac
- Shan (shn): ၸိူၵ်ႈလဵၵ်းၶၢတ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ٽٽل زنجير
- Sinhala (si): කැඩුණු දාමය
- Slovak (sk): roztrhnutá reťaz
- Slovenian (sl): strgana veriga
- Somali (so): silsillad jabtay
- Swahili (sw): myororo uliokatika
- Tamil (ta): உடைந்த சங்கிலி
- Telugu (te): విరిగిన గొలుసు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝተሰብረ ሰንሰለት
- Turkmen (tk): döwük zynjyr
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): roztorhnjeny rjećaz
- Urdu (ur): ٹوٹی ہوئی زنجیر
- Uzbek (uz): uzilgan zanjir
- Welsh (cy): cadwyn wedi torri
- Yoruba (yo): ìdè tó ti já
- Zulu (zu): iketango eliphukile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5` |
| HTML | `⛓️‍💥` |
| CSS | `\26D3\FE0F\200D\1F4A5` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{26D3}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{1F4A5}` |
| Python | `\u26D3\uFE0F\u200D\U0001F4A5` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9B 93 EF B8 8F E2 80 8D F0 9F 92 A5` |
| UTF-16 | `26D3 FE0F 200D D83D DCA5` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9B%93%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%92%A5` |

## Questions

### What does the ⛓️‍💥 broken chain emoji mean?

A chain with a link snapping apart. Breaking free, freedom and escaping restraint are its meanings, and it is a natural fit for liberation, breaking a cycle or a bond, ending something, and recovering from a hard situation.

### How do I type the ⛓️‍💥 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “broken chain”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page.

### When was the ⛓️‍💥 emoji added?

⛓️‍💥 was added in Emoji 15.1, released in 2023.

### What is the Unicode code point for ⛓️‍💥?

U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5. In HTML you can write ⛓️‍💥, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{26D3}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{1F4A5}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/broken-chain-emoji