What does ⛏️ Pick mean?
A pickaxe, the miner’s tool with a pointed iron head. It stands for mining, digging, hard labor and excavation. It is also strongly tied to Minecraft, where the pickaxe is the essential tool for gathering blocks and ores. People use it for grinding through difficult work, digging for information or striking gold, whether literal or figurative.
⛏️ Pick is an emoji from the Objects category (tools), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about hammer, mining and tool.
Example messages
⛏️ Pick on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Pick looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Pick emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ⛏️ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :pick:.
When was the Pick emoji added?
⛏️ Pick was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ⛏️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Pick. The underlying code (U+26CF U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.