A shield is the default icon nearly every antivirus and security app uses, visual shorthand for "protected" long before it became an emoji. It's typed to mean standing up for someone, blocking out negativity, or, in a game, literally taking a hit meant for someone else.
What 🛡️ means
A metal heraldry composed of two colored sides; silver and red, and bordered with a metallic finish. The 🛡️ Shield emoji signifies protection, guarding, safety, securing, and overall blocking any potential harm and danger. It could also symbolize war, fights, and armor.
How and when to use it
- If you're talking about negativity in any context and you're looking for emojis to support your cause, you could consider this strong one 🛡️. For example, "Always shield your mind from negative self-talk 🛡️" or "Sometimes negativity is a lot poisonous than poison itself 🛡️".
- You can use 🛡️ while indicating protection as well - "There's nothing wrong in using a little caution before letting your guard down 🛡️" or "Guard yourself before you lend what's yours 🛡️".
- 🛡️ represents the massive lot of armory. Hence, this emoji would come in handy while sharing content on war, soldiers, etc.; informative posts, tribute posts, individual birthday or anniversary reposts, anything.
- Similarly, if you're referring to something or someone as a 'warrior', you can use 🛡️. Like, "There goes our little warrior 🛡️" or "Be your own warrior 🛡️".
Other Names
- 🛡️ Armor
- 🛡️ Guard
- 🛡️ Defense
- 🛡️ Protection
- 🛡️ Bulwark
- 🛡️ Heraldry
- 🛡️ Metal Shield
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › tool
- Codepoints
U+1F6E1 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:shield:GitHub- Keywords
- shield, weapon
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 — 🛡️ Shield or 🍋 Lemon?