A tall mirror in an ornate frame, standing in for anything reflective rather than one particular bathroom or vanity mirror. It backs up a mirror selfie or a compliment about someone's look, and it's typed to tell someone to examine their own behavior instead of everyone else's.
What 🪞 means
A seemingly wall-mounted, long mirror that's shaped differently on different platforms, mostly with a royal frame. The 🪞 Mirror emoji signifies a reflection, pride and magical powers (as learned from Disney), and maybe even a reality check.
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone to get a reality check, use 🪞. Like, "I know it's been a bumpy ride with mostly highs so far. But seriously, take a step back and look at where you are 🪞".
- Use 🪞 in post caption or quotes that have the word 'reflection' and its metaphorical implications. For example, "Every person you're attracted to is a reflection of a piece of you 🪞. Some, many pieces and some, just a few".
- You can also bring the 🪞 emoji into frameworks that speak of beauty; both within and outside. For instance, "What you are, says a lot about who you are on the inside 🪞".
- Mirrors work great with motivational captions - "The only person you need to get you through life is the one in the mirror 🪞", or "Look yourself in the eye and you have all the answers you'd ever need 🪞".
Other Names
- 🪞 Reflector
- 🪞 Looking Glass
- 🪞 Cheval Glass
- 🪞 Full-Length Mirror
- 🪞 Mirror With a Wooden Frame
- 🪞 Hand Glass
- 🪞 Pier Glass
🪞 in real conversations
What does 🪞 mean in a caption that isn't about an actual selfie?
Self-reflection, more than literal reflection — used for posts about personal growth, therapy talk, or 'looking inward' after a rough stretch. It borrows the object's whole purpose, showing you yourself, and applies it to the emotional version instead of an actual bathroom mirror.
Where does the superstition about breaking a mirror come from?
Ancient Rome — the belief held that mirrors reflected the soul as well as the face, and shattering one damaged it, with seven years being how long the Romans thought it took for a life to fully renew itself. 🪞 doesn't carry that superstition into everyday texting, but it's the reason 'seven years bad luck' is still the reflex joke whenever one actually breaks.
Why do mirror-selfie captions so often use 🪞 instead of a camera emoji?
Because 🪞 names the specific setup, shot in a mirror rather than through a lens pointed the other way, which a plain camera emoji doesn't communicate. It also nods to the slightly rawer, less staged feel mirror selfies tend to have compared to a posed front-camera shot.
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › household
- Codepoints
U+1FA9E- Emoji version
- Emoji 13.0
- Shortcodes
:mirror:- Keywords
- makeup, mirror, reflection, reflector, speculum
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🪞 Mirror or 🧝♀️ Woman Elf?
Runs with a crowd
🪞 keeps company in aesthetic emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.