U+1FA8F
Shovel
About
Shovel, a single Unicode character. Part of the Objects group, tool subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 16.0, released in 2024.
Platform renderings
8 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.
Timeline
2016 — 2026Showing 35 of 35 events through 2026
- 2016First render
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- 2022First render
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- 2023First render
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- 2024Redesign
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- 2024First render
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- 2024Redesign
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- 2024Redesign
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- 2024Unicode
Added in Emoji 16.0
Introduced in Emoji 16.0
- 2024Redesign
Date it reached devices. AOSP source dropped 2024-09-03.
- 2024First render
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- 2025First render
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First appeared on Microsoft 3D Fluent
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- 2025First render
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- 2025Redesign
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- 2025Redesign
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- 2025Redesign
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- 2025First render
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- 2026First render
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- 2026Redesign
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- 2026First render
First appeared on Noto Animated Emoji
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- 2026Redesign
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Encodings
- UTF-8
F0 9F AA 8F- UTF-8 escaped
\xF0\x9F\xAA\x8F- UTF-16
D83E DE8F- UTF-32
0001FA8F- HTML decimal
🪏- HTML hex
🪏- CSS
\01FA8F- JavaScript
\u{1FA8F}- JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\uD83E\uDE8F- Python
\U0001FA8F- URL encoded
%F0%9F%AA%8F- Base64
8J+qjw==
Unicode proposals
The documents submitted to the Unicode Consortium that introduced this character.
Related
Frequently asked questions
- What does mean?
- Shovel, a single Unicode character. Part of the Objects group, tool subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 16.0, released in 2024. It is commonly tagged shovel, bury, dig, garden, hole and plant.
- What is the Unicode code point for ?
- Shovel is encoded as the single code point U+1FA8F.
- When was added to Unicode?
- was approved as part of Emoji 16.0 and released in 2024, under Unicode 16.0.
- Why does look different on my phone?
- Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 34 renderings, including Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.
- What is called in other languages?
- Unicode's CLDR publishes a name for it in 9 other languages, including جاروف in Arabic, Schaufel in German and pala in Spanish.
- What category is in?
- belongs to Unicode's Objects group, in the tool subgroup.