Objects · Emoji 1.0
🏹Bow and Arrow Emoji
Generally, the 🏹 emoji means aiming, targeting, or wanting to achieve a goal. It’s often used to express a desire for something or to show support for someone who’s “shooting” for success.
The 🏹 emoji represents a bow and arrow.
- Unicode
- U+1F3F9
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :bow_
and_ arrow: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🏹 Bow and Arrow emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
People also look for it as sagittarius emoji.
02 — Platforms
Bow and Arrow emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the bow and arrow has been drawn in 3 ways.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Bow and Arrow emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :bow_and_arrow:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F3F9.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🏹 Bow and Arrow emoji
No picker to hand? The bow and arrow can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Bow and Arrow emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
06 — Combinations
Bow and Arrow emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around bow and arrow for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 🏹 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What 🏹 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the bow and arrow lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
🏹 vs 🙇♀️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Bow and Arrow
Code: U+1F3F9 · added 2015
Shortcode: :bow_and_arrow:
Generally, the 🏹 emoji means aiming, targeting, or wanting to achieve a goal.
Unicode name: Woman Bowing
Code: U+1F647 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F · added 2016
Shortcode: :woman-bowing:
Generally, 🙇♀️ means you’re deeply sorry or expressing a lot of respect.
11 — History
Where the 🏹 Bow and Arrow emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F3F9 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Bow and Arrow was approved as U+1F3F9 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🏹 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ