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Hair pick emoji 🪮 (comb)

🪮 is the hair pick: a wide-toothed afro pick, drawn with a raised fist on some platforms. It is the comb and hairbrush emoji — there is no plain comb — and it means…

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What the hair pick 🪮 (comb) emoji means

🪮 is the hair pick: a wide-toothed afro pick, drawn with a raised fist on some platforms. It is the comb and hairbrush emoji — there is no plain comb — and it means hair care and grooming: wash day, styling, barbers, natural-hair pride. Added in Emoji 15.0 (2022), so older phones show a box. Grooming set: 💇 haircut, 💈 barber pole, ✂️ scissors, 🪥 toothbrush, 🧴 lotion on the soap guide.

Unicode name: hair pick · U+1FAAE · Emoji 15.0 (2022) · group: Objects.

IN A MESSAGEwash day 🪮 three hours, two films, one arm cramp

How people use it

  • Hair care: wash day, styling
  • Natural hair: afro pride
  • Grooming: barbers, getting ready
  • Combing through: going over details

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
hair pickU+1FAAEComb, brush
person getting haircutU+1F487Haircut
barber poleU+1F488Barber
scissorsU+2702 U+FE0FCutting
toothbrushU+1FAA5Toothbrush

Questions people ask

Is there a comb emoji?

🪮 hair pick is the only comb.

Is there a hairbrush emoji?

No; 🪮 is used.

Why can’t I see 🪮?

It needs Emoji 15.0 (iOS 16.4, Android 13 or newer).

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.

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