What does 🪡 Sewing Needle mean?
A sewing needle with thread through its eye. It is used for sewing, embroidery, tailoring, mending and cross-stitch, and sometimes for stitches after an injury. It can also mean something sharp, pointed or precise, or the idea of looking for a needle in a haystack. Pair it with 🧵 for crafting posts and dressmaking projects.
🪡 Sewing Needle is an emoji from the Activities category (arts & crafts), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about embroidery, sew, stitches, sutures, tailoring and thread.
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🪡 Sewing Needle on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Sewing Needle looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Sewing Needle 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 :sewing_needle:.
When was the Sewing Needle emoji added?
🪡 Sewing Needle 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 Sewing Needle. The underlying code (U+1FAA1) 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.