crutch
A crutch: a padded support placed under the arm to help someone walk when a leg cannot bear weight
Meaning
A crutch: a padded support placed under the arm to help someone walk when a leg cannot bear weight. In conversation it commonly refers to injury or recovery, such as a broken leg, surgery, or temporary limited mobility. It can also signal disability or the need for assistance more broadly. Some people use it figuratively for emotional support or a person relied on heavily, though this sense is less established. Because injury and disability carry different connotations, tone varies; the symbol can read as matter-of-fact or, in some contexts, as a joke about being hurt.
Crutch — Approved as part of Emoji 14.0 in 2021.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1FA7CcrutchF0 9F A9 BCShortcodes
:crutch:HTML & CSS
🩼🩼\1FA7C Languages
\u{1FA7C}\U0001FA7C\x{1FA7C}\u{1FA7C}Encodings
xn--6z9h%F0%9F%A9%BCFrequently asked
What does 🩼 crutch mean?
A crutch: a padded support placed under the arm to help someone walk when a leg cannot bear weight. In conversation it commonly refers to injury or recovery, such as a broken leg, surgery, or temporary limited mobility. It can also signal disability or the need for assistance more broadly. Some people use it figuratively for emotional support or a person relied on heavily, though this sense is less established. Because injury and disability carry different connotations, tone varies; the symbol can read as matter-of-fact or, in some contexts, as a joke about being hurt.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🩼 crutch?
U+1FA7C (Unicode 14.0, 2021) · :crutch:
Which emojis are related to 🩼 crutch?
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