🔱

Trident Emblem Emoji 🔱

A three-pronged spear, Poseidon's weapon in Greek myth and Neptune's in the Roman version, both gods ruling the sea and its storms. Hinduism has its own, Shiva's trishul, points read as creation, preservation, destruction. Ukraine's gold trident traces to the Rurik princes of Kyivan Rus; Barbados breaks one on its flag for the end of colonial rule.

What 🔱 means

The head of a golden spear or pitchfork, with three sharp, protruding teeth, the middle of which is an upward pointing arrow, with the other two designed in a convex and a slight curve at equal height.

The 🔱 Trident Emblem emoji could be a synecdoche to the weapon used by many mythological gods and goddesses. Apart from fishing, this emoji could also symbolize war; a divine war to be precise, fight, combating, and a piece of multi-cultural/national myth in general.

How and when to use it

If you're posting or reposting anything about the gods and goddesses mentioned in the previous section, 🔱 could be a valuable addition.
🔱 can also be a symbol of supernatural power. So, if you're referring to this power in any context; captions, or direct messages (DMs), you can use this emoji. For instance, "The 'supernatural' is not spooky. It's the science we don't have proof for 🔱".
Also, the trident has an air of majesty, inhuman strength, and exaltation surrounding it due to its inferences in mythological contexts. For example, "More power to you, Queen! 🔱" or "Strength is something we imbibe when we least expect it 🔱".
Since 🔱 is also used in fishing, you may bring this emoji into contexts that are about 'hunting' - "Oh, gosh. I'm going to hunt the person who did this 🔱" or "I'm on the hunt for who I've not yet become 🔱".
You can use 🔱 in playful and goofy textual replies about 'getting back at someone' too. Like, "Try that one more time, and I swear to god I'mma stab you so hard 🔱" or Really?? FIGHT. ME. 🔱".

Other Names

🔱 Trishul
🔱 Trident
🔱 Gold Trident
🔱 Pitchfork
🔱 Gaff
🔱 Halberd/Halbert
🔱 Leister

The lowdown

Category: Symbols › other-symbol
Codepoints: U+1F531
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :trident:
Keywords: anchor, emblem, poseidon, ship, tool, trident

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.