Shovel Emoji
The shovel depicts a tool used for digging, scooping, or moving materials like soil, snow, or gravel. It is commonly used in gardening, construction, or outdoor activities, and can symbolize effort, work, or the act of digging into something, often in casual or metaphorical contexts.
Shovel is a fully-qualified emoji encoded in Unicode 16.0 , and included in Emoji 16.0 in 2024.
This emoji is part of the Objects and is grouped with other Tool emojis. Part of the Unicode Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
- bury
- dig
- garden
- hole
- plant
- scoop
- shovel
- snow
- spade
Copy and paste the Shovel emoji:
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Codes & Encoding for the Shovel Emoji
Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.
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Codepoint
U+1FA8F✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
🪏✓ Copied -
HTML (hex)
🪏✓ Copied -
CSS
1円FA8F✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{1FA8F}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%F0%9F%AA%8F✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:shovel:✓ Copied - Unicode block Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
How to Type the Shovel Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :shovel: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :shovel: (autocompletes to the emoji)
How to Use the Shovel Emoji
- Used my to dig a hole.
- Got a new for gardening.
- That helped me plant the trees.
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Part of the Unicode block Objects › Tool
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