Broken chain emoji ⛓️💥
Emoji 15.1 (2023) · U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5
What ⛓️💥 means
Broken chain ⛓️💥 goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: break, breaking, broken, chain, cuffs, freedom.
Those words also drive emoji search: try break or breaking on your phone to find ⛓️💥.
On the emoji keyboard, ⛓️💥 sits with the tools (28 emoji) inside objects, which has 268 emoji, for example ⛓️ 🪝 🧰 🧲.
Will ⛓️💥 show on my friend's phone?
⛓️💥 is recent (Emoji 15.1, 2023). Your friends need a system update from 2024 or later to see it.
What ⛓️💥 is made of
Technically ⛓️💥 is 2 emoji joined by an invisible character, the zero width joiner (U+200D): ⛓️ chains + 💥 collision. Older phones show them one after the other.
How to type ⛓️💥
To find ⛓️💥 quickly, type broken chain into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type broken chain.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type broken chain in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type broken chain.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ⛓️💥 as 4 code points, U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5: 13 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 5 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⛓️‍💥 | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⛓️‍💥 | |
| CSS | content: "\26D3 \FE0F \200D \1F4A5"; | |
| JavaScript | \u26D3\uFE0F\u200D\u{1F4A5} | |
| URL | %E2%9B%93%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%92%A5 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9B 93 EF B8 8F E2 80 8D F0 9F 92 A5 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⛓️💥 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | broken chain |
| Português | corrente quebrada |
| Español | cadena rota |
| Italiano | catena spezzata |
| Français | chaîne brisée |
| Deutsch | gebrochene Kette |
| Türkçe | zincirleri kırmak |
| Bahasa Indonesia | rantai putus |
| Polski | zerwany łańcuch |
| Русский | разорванная цепь |
| 日本語 | 壊れた鎖 |
| 한국어 | 끊어진 쇠사슬 |
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All objects emoji →Questions people ask
What does the broken chain emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⛓️💥 "broken chain" and links it with break, breaking, broken, chain. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the tools subgroup of objects.
When was the broken chain emoji added?
In Emoji 15.1, released in 2023. Only phones and computers updated since 2024 show it; older ones may show a box.
Why does ⛓️💥 sometimes show as separate emoji?
It is a combination of ⛓️ + 💥 joined by an invisible zero width joiner. Phones that do not know the combined emoji yet show the pieces one by one.