Person fencing emoji 🤺
🤺 is the person fencing: a masked figure in white lunging with a foil. It means fencing — the Olympic sword sport — and by extension a duel, a sharp exchange of words…
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What the person fencing 🤺 emoji means
🤺 is the person fencing: a masked figure in white lunging with a foil. It means fencing — the Olympic sword sport — and by extension a duel, a sharp exchange of words, “en garde”. It is also what people find when they search for a “fence emoji”, which does not exist (the garden kind has no emoji; 🚧 barrier is the nearest). Added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), it has no gendered or skin-tone versions because the mask hides the face. For swords without the sport see ⚔️ crossed swords.
Unicode name: person fencing · U+1F93A · Emoji 3.0 (2016) · group: People & Body.
How people use it
- Fencing: lessons, tournaments, the Olympics
- Duels: arguments, banter, rivalries
- Swordplay: Zorro, musketeers, cosplay
- Stand-in: for the missing fence emoji
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| person fencingU+1F93A | Fencing, a duel | |
| crossed swordsU+2694 U+FE0F | Battle, swords | |
| daggerU+1F5E1 U+FE0F | A blade | |
| martial arts uniformU+1F94B | Judo, karate | |
| people wrestlingU+1F93C | Wrestling |
Questions people ask
What does 🤺 mean?
Fencing — the sword sport — or a duel of any kind, from a debate to a rivalry.
Is there a fence emoji?
No garden fence exists. 🤺 person fencing is what search results return; 🚧 barrier is the closest object.
Does 🤺 have skin tones?
No — the fencer wears a full mask, so Unicode gave it no tone or gender variants.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
