Guard emoji ๐
Emoji 0.6 (2010) ยท U+1F482
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Guard ๐ is tagged with these keywords: buckingham, helmet, london, palace.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing buckingham or helmet in the emoji search brings up ๐.
Guard ๐ is one of 82 emoji in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐โโ๏ธ ๐โโ๏ธ ๐ฅท ๐ท.
๐ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐๐ป to ๐๐ฟ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ๐
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for guard.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type guard.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type guard in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type guard.
Codes for developers
Guard ๐ is a single code point, U+1F482. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F482 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 💂 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 💂 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F482"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F482} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%92%82 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 92 82 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the guard emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "guard" and links it with buckingham, helmet, london, palace. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body.
When was the guard emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐?
Yes. ๐ has these skin tones: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.