⚓️ Anchor is an emoji from the Travel & Places category. Its Unicode code point is U+2693 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ⚓️ Anchor mean?
⚓️ is the Anchor emoji, listed under Travel & Places → Water Transportation in the Unicode emoji standard. People often use it in messages about ship and tool. Anchor has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :anchor: to insert it.
Anchor emoji codes
| Emoji | ⚓️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2693 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ⚓ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ⚓ |
| CSS | \2693 |
| JavaScript | \u{2693} |
| Python | \u2693 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%9A%93 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9A 93 |
| Shortcode | :anchor: |
How to type ⚓️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “anchor”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “anchor”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “anchor”.
- HTML: write
⚓in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Anchor keywords
- ship
- tool
Frequently asked questions
What does ⚓️ mean?
⚓️ is the Anchor emoji, listed under Travel & Places → Water Transportation in the Unicode emoji standard. People often use it in messages about ship and tool. Anchor has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :anchor: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Anchor emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ⚓️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ⚓️ Anchor added to Unicode?
Anchor was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Water Transportation emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.