placard Emoji
🪧 · U+1FAA7 · Emoji 13.0
What does the placard emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Protest and demonstration are conveyed by the 🪧 emoji, which literally represents a placard, a flat piece of material used to display information or a message, often carried by someone participating in a public gathering or rally. Figuratively, it can symbolize a call to action, a statement of opinion, or a form of public expression. In slang, the 🪧 emoji may be used to jokingly or ironically express a strong opinion or to mock-protest something mundane. Its meaning is closely tied to the concepts of free speech, activism, and social movement.
How the placard emoji is used
In digital communication, the 🪧 emoji is used to add a touch of activism or playfulness to a message, and its tone can range from serious and passionate to humorous and sarcastic. On platforms like Twitter and TikTok, it is often used in captions and comments to express solidarity with a cause or to poke fun at everyday annoyances. The 🪧 emoji is particularly popular among younger generations and those involved in social and environmental activism, who use it to add a visual element to their online expressions of dissent or support. Its usage can vary depending on the context, but it is generally used to convey a sense of urgency or importance.
placard emoji examples
- just made my own 🪧 to carry at the climate march this weekend
- i'm on strike from doing chores 🪧 demands: clean laundry and food
How to copy the placard emoji
To use the placard emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1FAA7), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
placard emoji on different platforms
How the placard emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.



placard Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🪧 |
| Name | placard |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1FAA7 |
| Shortcode | :placard: |
| Emoji version | 13.0 |
| Unicode version | 13.0 |
placard Emoji FAQ
Protest and demonstration are conveyed by the 🪧 emoji, which literally represents a placard, a flat piece of material used to display information or a message, often carried by someone participating in a public gathering or rally. Figuratively, it can symbolize a call to action, a statement of opinion, or a form of public expression.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🪧 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1FAA7, introduced in Emoji version 13.0 (Unicode 13.0). Its shortcode is :placard:.
People also search for the placard emoji as card, demonstration, notice, picket, plaque.