Emoji 16
shovel
Also known as bury, dig, garden, hole, plant
A shovel emoji showing a digging tool with a broad blade and handle, used for gardening, digging, snow, and burial contexts.
Meaning
This emoji represents a shovel or spade, a hand tool for digging, scooping, and moving material. People use it for gardening, construction, snow removal, planting, or burying something. It can also appear in literal contexts about holes or manual labor.
Unicode name
The official Unicode name is shovel, and it depicts a spade-like digging tool used for moving earth, snow, or other material.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple's design shows a shovel with a broad metal blade and a long handle, presented in a simple, realistic style.
Google
Google's Noto design depicts a shovel with a flat, colorful style, emphasizing the blade and handle as a practical digging tool.
Twitter
Twitter's Twemoji design renders the shovel as a clean, flat icon with a distinct blade and handle for clear small-size display.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does shovel belong to?
shovel belongs to the objects category, which contains 268 emojis.
Which Unicode version added shovel?
shovel was added in Emoji 16. Its codepoint is U+1FA8F, made up of 1 code points.
