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Magic Wand Emoji 🪄

A slim wand trailing sparkles off one end, the standard prop for pulling off a trick. Magicians, witches, and fantasy references use it straight, and it's picked up a second job online for anything that fixed a problem almost too easily, a quick edit, a lucky break, a fix that felt like magic.

What 🪄 means

A diagonally placed black stick with silvery ends and just the top end designed with a glowing tint that essentially reflects the shine from the stars or sparkles above it.

The 🪄 Magic Wand emoji signifies magic and the magician. It represents witchcraft, wizardry, etc. This emoji could also personify phrases such as 'cast a spell', 'break a spell', 'under a spell', etc.

How and when to use it

If you believe yourself to be under a spell, and you're texting someone about the same or posting a social media post with a caption resonating with this belief, you can use 🪄. Like, "This is a good spell 🪄. The kind I wouldn't want to break".
Speaking of breaking a spell, use 🪄 while advising someone to stand up for themselves. For instance, "You've been forced to look at everything with rose-colored glasses, man. Break the damn spell 🪄".
If you cast a spell on someone or vice versa, you can use 🪄 in those frameworks too. For example, "Oh excuse me? He's the one who's been begging for a second date. Looks like someone's under a spell 🪄".
Since a magic wand could also refer to a sex toy, 🪄 could also be used in those contexts - "Ooooh that's the best thing to gift her! 🪄 She's single and bored out of her mind, anyway".

Other Names

🪄 Wand
🪄 Magical Wand
🪄 Magic Stick
🪄 Swizzle Stick
🪄 Spell-Casting Wand
🪄 Magician
🪄 Casting Spells
🪄 Stick With Magical Powers
🪄 Magician's Wand
🪄 Wizard's Wand
🪄 Witchcraft

The lowdown

Category: Activities › game
Codepoints: U+1FA84
Emoji version: Emoji 13.0
Shortcodes: :magic_wand:
Keywords: magic, magician, wand, witch, wizard

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.