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⛓️💥Broken Chain Emoji
⛓️💥 broken chain — U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5, added in Emoji 15.1 (2023). Unicode groups it with the other 27 tools emojis under Objects.
What ⛓️💥 broken chain means
Building, fixing and the general language of effort, plus a few weapons carried over from older icon sets. 🔨 and 🛠️ mark work in progress, ⚙️ stands for systems and settings, and ⚖️ appears in arguments about law and fairness. Emoji 15.1 added the broken chain ⛓️💥 in 2023, formed by joining the existing chains to the collision symbol, and it reads as breaking free.
Unicode tags this one break, breaking and broken and files it under Objects → Tools.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
How ⛓️💥 is built
This is a sequence: separate characters fused with zero-width joiners. A platform that has not implemented the sequence shows the individual parts side by side instead.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⛓️‍💥 | |
| HTML decimal | ⛓️‍💥 | |
| CSS | \26D3\FE0F\200D\1F4A5 | |
| JavaScript | \u{26D3}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{1F4A5} | |
| Python | \U000026D3\U0000FE0F\U0000200D\U0001F4A5 | |
| Java / C# | \u26D3\uFE0F\u200D\uD83D\uDCA5 | |
| Rust | \u{26d3}\u{fe0f}\u{200d}\u{1f4a5} | |
| Swift | \u{26D3}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{1F4A5} | |
| PHP | \u{26D3}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{1F4A5} | |
| URL encoded | %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 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 26D3 FE0F 200D D83D DCA5 | |
| Base64 | 4puT77iP4oCN8J+SpQ== | |
| Decimal | 9939 65039 8205 128165 | |
| Introduced | Emoji 15.1 (2023) | |
Keywords
- break
- breaking
- broken
- chain
- cuffs
- freedom
Appears in these collections
How to type ⛓️💥
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “broken chain”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “break”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type26d3and Enter. - HTML — paste
⛓️‍💥.
How ⛓️💥 renders
The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.
- ⛓️💥Apple
- ⛓️💥Segoe
- ⛓️💥Noto
- ⛓️💥System
Frequently asked questions
What does the ⛓️💥 broken chain emoji mean?+
⛓️💥 is the broken chain emoji, tagged break, breaking and broken. Building, fixing and the general language of effort, plus a few weapons carried over from older icon sets. 🔨 and 🛠️ mark work in progress, ⚙️ stands for systems and settings, and ⚖️ appears in arguments about law and fairness. Emoji 15.1 added the broken chain ⛓️💥 in 2023, formed by joining the existing chains to the collision symbol, and it reads as breaking free.
What is the Unicode code for ⛓️💥?+
broken chain is U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5. In HTML that is ⛓️‍💥, in CSS \26D3\FE0F\200D\1F4A5, and in JavaScript \u{26D3}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{1F4A5}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the ⛓️💥 emoji added?+
broken chain got its emoji presentation in Emoji 15.1 (2023). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.
Related emojis
More emojis from Tools in Objects.
Added in Emoji 15.1 (2023)
Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as ⛓️💥 broken chain.