Pistol Emoji

The 🔫 Pistol emoji represents a toy or water gun, used in a playful, non-threatening way to express mischief or make lighthearted 'threats'.

Pāwhiritia noa te 🔫 ki runga ki te mata ki te kape wawe ki tō papapātuhi. Ka taea e koe te whakapiri ki wāhi katoa - i ngā karere, pāpāho pāpori, kōnae, rānei ki tētahi taupānga e tautoko ana i ngā ēmōjī.

I whakatūria te 🔫 pistol i te Emoji E0.6 ā, kei te tautokona ināianei i runga i ngā papatono matua katoa, tae atu ki iOS, Android, Windows, me macOS.

Kei te 🔫 pistol te kāwai Activities, ā, kei te wāhanga iti Games.

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.