⛏️

Pick

A pickaxe, a tool with a curved spike for breaking up rocks in mining. Generally depicted with a metal head and wooden handle, positioned at a 45° angle with the head at the upper left.

May be used for various content concerning building, construction, digging, mining, or rock climbing. Not to be confused with 🔨 Hammer or Axe.

Pick was approved as part of Unicode 5.2 in 2009 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.