Books emoji 📚
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F4DA
What 📚 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 📚 are book, education, fantasy, knowledge, library, novels, reading, school, study. They show what people use it for.
Search for book or education on your emoji keyboard and 📚 is among the results.
You will find 📚 among the books and paper (17 emoji), part of objects with 268 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 📓 📒 📃 📜.
Will 📚 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 📚 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 📚
Search for books in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 📚.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type books.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type books in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type books.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 📚 is one code point (U+1F4DA), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F4DA | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 📚 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 📚 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F4DA"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4DA} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%93%9A | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 93 9A |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 📚 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the books emoji mean?
Unicode calls 📚 "books" and links it with book, education, fantasy, knowledge. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the books and paper subgroup of objects.
When was the books emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the books emoji?
Search for books in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 📚.