✂️ Scissors emoji meaning
✂️ means cutting, whether it is paper, hair, a budget or ties with someone. It is also used for crafts, haircuts and editing. The Apple artwork shows a pair of open scissors with red handles and shiny silver blades.
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What ✂️ means
Scissors are used for haircuts, crafts, sewing and editing, and in phrases like cut it out or cut ties. Someone may send ✂️ to say they are ending a friendship or removing something from their life. It also appears before dashed lines to mean cut here. In a small number of chats it is used as sexual slang, but everyday use is almost always literal.
In texting
It often means a haircut, a craft project or cutting something out. When sent after drama, it can mean cutting someone off.
In a relationship or crush chat
It can mean ending things or cutting contact, especially with a message like done ✂️. Read the words around it, since it is often just about a haircut.
✂️ How people use it
- Getting a haircut
- Craft, sewing and DIY projects
- Cutting someone off or ending a habit
- Editing or trimming a video or text
Example messages
Finally getting a haircut today ✂️💇
Cutting off toxic people this year ✂️
School project night ✂️📄 glue everywhere
Trim the intro, its too long ✂️
Common ✂️ combinations
- ✂️💇Getting a haircut
- ✂️📄Cutting paper or a craft project
- ✂️🧵Sewing or tailoring
✂️ vs similar emojis
| ✂️ vs 🔪 | 🔪 is a kitchen knife and can sound threatening, while ✂️ is a light, everyday tool for crafts and haircuts. |
|---|---|
| ✂️ vs 💇 | 💇 shows a person getting a haircut, while ✂️ is only the tool and has many more uses. |
Emoji details
| Name | scissors |
|---|---|
| Codepoints | U+2702 U+FE0F |
| Category | Objects |
| Keywords | cut, cutting, paper, tool |
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FAQ
What does the ✂️ scissors emoji mean?
✂️ means cutting, whether it is paper, hair, a budget or ties with someone. It is also used for crafts, haircuts and editing. The Apple artwork shows a pair of open scissors with red handles and shiny silver blades.
What does ✂️ mean after a fight?
It usually means cutting ties or ending contact. The sender is saying they are done with someone or something.
Is ✂️ flirty?
Usually not. It is mostly about haircuts, crafts or cutting things out. A few people use it as sexual slang, so only read it that way if the rest of the message clearly points there.
Can you use ✂️ for rock paper scissors?
Yes, some people use ✂️ for scissors in the game, though ✌️ is also common for it.
Are the backgrounds transparent?
Yes, every PNG has a transparent background.