Playful Action! Express your playful side with the Pistol emoji, a symbol of toy guns and fun.
A toy water gun. The Pistol emoji is commonly used to convey playful action, water fights, or toy guns. If someone sends you a 🔫 emoji, it likely means they are talking about playing with toy guns, having a water fight, or engaging in playful action.
The 🔫 Pistol emoji represents a toy or water gun, used in a playful, non-threatening way to express mischief or make lighthearted 'threats'.
Simply click on the 🔫 emoji above to instantly copy it to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in messages, social media, documents, or any app that supports emojis.
The 🔫 Pistol emoji was introduced in Emoji E0.6 and is now supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
The 🔫 Pistol emoji belongs to the Activities category, specifically in the Games subcategory.
The pistol emoji has the most dramatic platform difference in emoji history. Apple changed it from a realistic handgun to a green water gun in 2016. Other platforms followed, making it one of the few emojis redesigned for social reasons rather than aesthetic ones.
Originally depicted as a realistic handgun. In 2016, Apple controversially changed it to a water gun, and other platforms followed. This remains the most significant emoji redesign for social/political reasons.
The most dramatic platform difference in emoji history. Apple changed it from a realistic revolver to a green water gun in 2016. Google, Samsung, Microsoft, and others followed, making it the only emoji redesigned industry-wide for social reasons.
The water gun redesign sparked debate about whether tech companies should alter emoji meanings. Some argued it reduced communication clarity; others praised it for discouraging gun imagery in digital communication.
| Unicode Name | Pistol |
| Apple Name | Water Pistol |
| Ikeʻia ʻo | Gun, Revolver, Squirt Gun, Water Gun, Water Pistol |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+1F52B |
| Unicode Decimal | U+128299 |
| Hoʻomoe SequencE | \u1f52b |
| Pūʻulu | 🏓 Activities |
| Pāʻina | 🎮 Games |
| Nā manaʻo | L2/09-026, L2/07-257 |
| Unicode Name | Pistol |
| Apple Name | Water Pistol |
| Ikeʻia ʻo | Gun, Revolver, Squirt Gun, Water Gun, Water Pistol |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+1F52B |
| Unicode Decimal | U+128299 |
| Hoʻomoe SequencE | \u1f52b |
| Pūʻulu | 🏓 Activities |
| Pāʻina | 🎮 Games |
| Nā manaʻo | L2/09-026, L2/07-257 |