U+1F5E1 "🗡" Dagger Knife Unicode Character

U+1F5E1 "🗡" Dagger Knife is a pictographic symbol representing a short, pointed blade, often used to denote a weapon, danger, stabbing, or surgical precision in digital communication. Originally added to the Unicode Standard in 2014 as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, it features a metallic hilt or guard, typically depicted in a stylized, sharp-edged design. This character is frequently employed in social media, messaging apps, and emoji keyboards to convey concepts of aggression, secrecy, betrayal, or medieval imagery, though it is less common than the simpler knife emoji. Its inclusion highlights Unicode's effort to represent a wide range of objects and cultural symbols for global text and iconography use.