Hook emoji 🪝
Emoji 13.0 (2020) · U+1FA9D
What 🪝 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Hook 🪝 is tagged with these keywords: catch, crook, curve, ensnare, point, selling.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing catch or crook in the emoji search brings up 🪝.
Hook 🪝 is one of 28 emoji in the tools subgroup of objects (268 emoji), next to 🧰 🧲 🪜 .
Will 🪝 show on my friend's phone?
🪝 was added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
How to type 🪝
Any emoji picker finds 🪝 when you search for hook.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type hook.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type hook in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type hook.
Codes for developers
Hook 🪝 is a single code point, U+1FA9D. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1FA9D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🪝 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🪝 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FA9D"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FA9D} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AA%9D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA 9D |
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 hook emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🪝 "hook" and links it with catch, crook, curve, ensnare. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the tools subgroup of objects.
When was the hook emoji added?
In Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. Phones updated since about 2021 show it.
How do I type the hook emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🪝 when you search for hook.