# 🛡️ Shield emoji

🛡️ Shield is an emoji in the tools set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: weapon.

- Emoji: 🛡️
- Unicode name: shield
- Code points: U+1F6E1 U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Tools
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :shield:
- Keywords: shield, weapon
- Page: https://emojichart.com/shield-emoji

## What it means

A shield, a piece of protective armor. Protection, defense and security are its meanings, and it turns up with cybersecurity, antivirus and privacy features, guarding against something, and medieval or fantasy themes.

## How to type 🛡️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “shield”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “shield”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “shield”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “shield”.
- GitHub: Type :shield: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | escudo | defensa, escudo |
| Français (fr) | bouclier | arme, bouclier |
| Deutsch (de) | Schutzschild | Schild, Schutzschild |
| Italiano (it) | scudo | cavaliere, combattimento, duello, medioevo, protezione, scudo, simbolo, torneo |
| Português (pt) | escudo | arma, escudo |
| Nederlands (nl) | schild | bescherming, middeleeuwen, schild, wapen |
| Svenska (sv) | sköld | sköld, vapen |
| Polski (pl) | tarcza | ochrona, osłona, tarcza |
| Türkçe (tr) | kalkan | kalkan, silah |
| Русский (ru) | щит | безопасность, доспехи, защита, снаряжение, щит |
| Українська (uk) | щит | зброя, щит |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ασπίδα | ασπίδα, όπλο |
| العربية (ar) | درع | حماية, درع, سلاح |
| עברית (he) | מגן | אביר, כלי נשק, מגן |
| فارسی (fa) | سپر | اسلحه, سپر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ढाल | ढाल, हथियार |
| বাংলা (bn) | ঢাল | অস্ত্র, ঢাল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | perisai | perisai, senjata |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cái khiên | cái khiên, vũ khí |
| ไทย (th) | โล่ | ป้องกัน, โล่, อาวุธ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 盾 | シールド, 盾, 防具 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 방패 | 무기, 방패, 보호 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 盾牌 | 武器, 盾, 盾牌, 防御 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 盾牌 | 盾牌 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): skild
- Akan (ak): akokyԑm
- Albanian (sq): mburojë
- Amharic (am): ጋሻ
- Armenian (hy): վահան
- Assamese (as): ঢাল
- Azerbaijani (az): qalxan
- Bashkir (ba): ҡалҡан
- Basque (eu): ezkutua
- Belarusian (be): шчыт
- Bosnian (bs): štit
- Breton (br): skoed
- Bulgarian (bg): щит
- Burmese (my): ဒိုင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 盾
- Catalan (ca): escut
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏚᏢᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): хулккан
- Croatian (hr): štit
- Czech (cs): štít
- Danish (da): skjold
- Estonian (et): kilp
- Faroese (fo): skjøldur
- Filipino (fil): kalasag
- Finnish (fi): kilpi
- Galician (gl): escudo
- Georgian (ka): ფარი
- Gujarati (gu): ઢાલ
- Hausa (ha): garkuwa
- Hungarian (hu): pajzs
- Icelandic (is): skjöldur
- Igbo (ig): ọta
- Irish (ga): sciath
- Javanese (jv): tameng
- Kalaallisut (kl): skjold
- Kannada (kn): ಗುರಾಣಿ
- Kazakh (kk): қалқан
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قالقان
- Khmer (km): ខែល
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ingabo
- Konkani (kok): ढाल
- Kyrgyz (ky): калкан
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): q’ateb’al
- Lao (lo): ໂລ່ປ້ອງກັນ
- Latvian (lv): vairogs
- Lithuanian (lt): skydas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): šćit
- Luxembourgish (lb): Schëld
- Macedonian (mk): штит
- Malay (ms): perisai
- Malayalam (ml): ഷീൽഡ്
- Maltese (mt): tarka
- Marathi (mr): ढाल
- Mongolian (mn): бамбай
- Māori (mi): pākai
- Nepali (ne): ढाल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Shild
- Northern Sotho (nso): sešireletši
- Norwegian (no): skjold
- Odia (or): ଢାଲ
- Oromo (om): gaachana
- Pashto (ps): ډال
- Punjabi (pa): ਢਾਲ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ڈھال
- Quechua (qu): harkay
- Romanian (ro): scut
- Romansh (rm): scut
- Sardinian (sc): iscudu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sgiath-dìon
- Serbian (sr): штит
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): štit
- Shan (shn): ၵၢပ်ႇႁႄႉ
- Sindhi (sd): ڍال
- Sinhala (si): පලිහ
- Slovak (sk): štít
- Slovenian (sl): ščit
- Somali (so): gaashaan
- Swahili (sw): ngao
- Tajik (tg): сипар
- Tamil (ta): கேடயம்
- Telugu (te): కవచం
- Tigrinya (ti): ዋልታ
- Tongan (to): pā
- Tswana (tn): sireletsa
- Turkmen (tk): galkan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tarč
- Urdu (ur): شیلڈ
- Uyghur (ug): قالقان
- Uzbek (uz): qalqon
- Welsh (cy): tarian
- Wolof (wo): kiiraay
- Xhosa (xh): ikhaka
- Yoruba (yo): ohun èlò àbò
- Zulu (zu): ihawu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F6E1 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🛡️` |
| CSS | `\1F6E1\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F6E1}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F6E1\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9B A1 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DEE1 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9B%A1%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🛡️ shield emoji mean?

A shield, a piece of protective armor. Protection, defense and security are its meanings, and it turns up with cybersecurity, antivirus and privacy features, guarding against something, and medieval or fantasy themes.

### How do I type the 🛡️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “shield”. 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. On GitHub, type :shield:.

### When was the 🛡️ emoji added?

🛡️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🛡️?

U+1F6E1 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🛡️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F6E1}\u{FE0F}.

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