⚔️ Crossed Swords
Emoji Meaning
Two swords with steel blades in an X shape, as crossed for combat between two knights or warriors. Generally depicted as straight, double-edged blades with brown or black, cross-shaped hilts, points directed up. Commonly used as a symbol for battle, fighting, or a contest, as in sports.
Sometimes shown with golden handles. Several vendors implement the same design as for their 🗡️ Dagger. Samsung’s design previously featured stylized, white swords on a green square, as a sign or icon of war.
May be paired with (or defended by) 🛡️ Shield. Not to be confused with ⚒️ Hammer and Pick or 🛠️ Hammer and Wrench.
Crossed Swords was approved as part of Unicode 4.1 in 2005 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Copy and Paste
Apple Name
⚔️ Crossed Swords
Codepoints
Shortcodes
- :crossed_swords: (Github, Slack, Emojipedia)
See also
- ❌ Cross Mark
- 🎌 Crossed Flags
- ⚔️ Crossed Swords
- 🗡️ Dagger
- 🐉 Dragon
- 🐲 Dragon Face
- 🏰 Castle
- 🤺 Person Fencing
- 🧞 Genie
- 💂 Guard
- ⚒️ Hammer and Pick
- 🛠️ Hammer and Wrench
- ✖️ Multiply
- 🔪 Kitchen Knife
- 🐎 Horse
- 🏯 Japanese Castle
- 🪖 Military Helmet
- 🎖️ Military Medal
- 🔫 Pistol
- 🤴 Prince
- 🪒 Razor
- 🛡️ Shield
- ☠️ Skull and Crossbones
Browse
- ⚔️ on Instagram
- ⚔️ on Twitter
- ⚔️ on Wikipedia
- ⚔️ on Yelp
- ⚔️ on YouTube
- ⚔️ on Google Trends
- ⚔️ on Nomad List
Proposals
- ⚔️ Crossed Swords Emoji Proposal: L2/13-207