What 🕲 means
Use Unicode-hex input if your app supports it.
Enter 1F572 in an app with Unicode-hex input; the shortcut depends on your operating system and app. This anti-piracy sign is a text character, so an emoji-only picker may not list it, and the receiving font determines how it appears.
What does 🕲 mean when someone sends it?
Read it as a ban on pirating or unauthorized sharing.
Beside a file, film, game, or download, 🕲 warns against making or sharing unauthorized copies. A pirate-themed joke can make the ban playful; for a serious copyright notice, spell out the rule in words.
Where did 🕲 come from?
Its documented trail starts with a computer font.
A 2012 ISO/IEC proposal lists Webdings glyph 0035 as the source for this sign. Unicode encoded it in 2014, carrying an existing computer-font symbol into text; that is the encoding date, not its invention date.
Skull-and-crossbones flags were among several pirate designs in the early 18th century. Later popular culture made the skull and crossbones a familiar shorthand for piracy; 🕲 turns that pirate cue into a prohibition.
Blunt and literal, with a retro computer-symbol feel; suited to a quick warning or pirate joke.
For a serious copyright notice, add words; a font may not have this character.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsDon't confuse it with
3Questions people ask
1Why does 🕲 show as a box?
The font displaying it lacks a glyph for 🕲; choose a font that supports this character.
How to type 🕲
🕲\1F572Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.