Barber pole Emoji

Travel

A vertical, cylindrical pole featuring a rotating pattern of red, white, and blue diagonal stripes. The top and bottom are capped with metallic circular discs.

Usage Context

This icon serves as the universal signifier for a barber shop or hair salon. It is used to signal that someone is getting a haircut, heading to an appointment, or describing the specific type of classic grooming parlor where shaves and trims take place. You might see it used alongside ✂️ to clarify that a grooming service is underway.

History

The design of the barber pole traces back to the Middle Ages, when barbers were also surgeons who performed bloodletting. The red stripes historically represented blood, while the white represented bandages. While the profession has modernized, the visual icon remains a fixture of storefronts and has been included in the Unicode standard since 2010 to help users identify businesses in digital maps and messaging.

Details

Glyph

💈

Unicode

U+1F488

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f488:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC88;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory place-other

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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