we have a new 'knot' emoji
there's various depictions of knots on various platforms and hardware,
alas mine aren't sufficiently modern,
but great going, tech developers !
mostly two differently coloured cords feature
(related emojis are mountains, trees, rock-climbing figures)
:knot:
knot emoji
https://emojipedia.org/knot/Emoji Meaning
Brightly colored rope forming a knot. Knot type varies across platform, with most designs showing a square knot, a figure eight knot, or a carrick bend.
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Used to talk about rope or knots in general. Sometimes used in the context of marriage alongside the idiom tying the knot.
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May be used as a stand-in for the word 'not' in emoji rebus puzzles.
Knot was approved as part of Unicode 13.0 in 2020 and added to Emoji 13.0 in 2020.