What does 🩳 Shorts mean?
A pair of shorts, sometimes drawn like board shorts or swim trunks. It is used for warm weather, summer outfits, the beach, the gym and lazy casual days. People send it to celebrate the start of shorts season, ask what to wear, or tease someone who insists on wearing shorts even in the middle of winter.
🩳 Shorts is an emoji from the Objects category (clothing & accessories), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about bathing, pants, suit, swimsuit and underwear.
Example messages
🩳 Shorts on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Shorts looks on each platform.
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Shorts emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Shorts 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 :shorts:.
When was the Shorts emoji added?
🩳 Shorts was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. 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 Shorts. The underlying code (U+1FA73) 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.