⚖️ Balance Scale emoji

Copy the ⚖️ Balance Scale emoji (2 code points), an Objects emoji from Emoji 1.0 (2015). HTML ⚖️ and CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL codes.

CLDR name: balance scale
Code points: U+2696 U+FE0F
Type: Character plus emoji variation selector
Group: Objects
Subgroup: Tool
Introduced: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
Text form: ⚖ (U+2696)
Keywords: balance, justice, Libra, scale, scales, tool, weight, zodiac

About this emoji

⚖️ Balance Scale is an emoji in the Objects group, tool subgroup, first released in Emoji 1.0 (2015).

CLDR, the Unicode project that supplies emoji names in many languages, gives it the English keywords balance, justice, Libra, scale, scales, tool, weight and zodiac; that is what emoji keyboards match when you search.

It is the character ⚖ (U+2696 SCALES) followed by the variation selector U+FE0F, which asks for the colourful emoji style. Without the selector, many systems show a plain text symbol instead.

Codes to copy

HTML decimal	`⚖️`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`⚖️`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\2696 \FE0F";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u2696\uFE0F"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u2696\ufe0f"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{SCALES}\N{VARIATION SELECTOR-16}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%E2%9A%96%EF%B8%8F`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 9A 96 EF B8 8F`6 bytes in all.
UTF-16	`2696 FE0F`2 code units, which is what JavaScript length counts.

What it is made of

Code point	Shows as	Unicode name
`U+2696`	⚖	SCALES
`U+FE0F`	invisible	VARIATION SELECTOR-16

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