Barber Pole
💈 is the barber pole emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “cut”, “fresh”, “haircut”, and “shave”.
Where place-other emoji usually appear
DBEmoji editorial interpretationApplies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.
- Location, event, and landmark posts
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- BARBER POLE
- CLDR short name
- barber pole
- Codepoint
- U+1F488
- Hex
- 1F488
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- First released
- 2010
- Unicode group
- Travel & Places
- Unicode subgroup
- place-other
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:barber:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRbarber · cut · fresh · haircut · pole · shave
Tags
How it looks
Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)
Download as image
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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork
Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 💈. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.
Questions people ask
- What does the 💈 barber pole emoji mean?
- 💈 is the barber pole emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “cut”, “fresh”, “haircut”, and “shave”.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for 💈?
- U+1F488, named BARBER POLE in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the 💈 barber pole emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type 💈 on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “barber pole”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 💈 from this page with one click.
- What is the shortcode for 💈?
- On GitHub, type :barber: and it turns into 💈 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.