What does 🪧 Placard mean?
A blank placard on a stick. It stands for protests, demonstrations, picket lines and public signs. People use it for marches, activism and advocacy, and also for announcements and notices. It can be used humorously to hold up a message, as if standing in a crowd with a homemade sign. It was added in Emoji 13.0.
🪧 Placard is an emoji from the Objects category (miscellaneous objects), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about card, demonstration, notice, picket, plaque and protest.
Example messages
🪧 Placard on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Placard looks on each platform.
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Placard emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Placard 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 :placard:.
When was the Placard emoji added?
🪧 Placard was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. 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 Placard. The underlying code (U+1FAA7) 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.