Magnifying glass tilted left emoji 🔍
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F50D
What 🔍 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🔍 are glass, lab, left, left-pointing, magnifying, science, search, tilted, tool. They show what people use it for.
Search for glass or lab on your emoji keyboard and 🔍 is among the results.
You will find 🔍 among the light and video (16 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 glass in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🔍.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type magnifying glass tilted left.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type magnifying glass tilted left in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type magnifying glass tilted left.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🔍 is one code point (U+1F50D), 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+1F50D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🔍 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🔍 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F50D"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F50D} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%94%8D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 94 8D |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🔍 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | magnifying glass tilted left |
| Português | lupa para a esquerda |
| Español | lupa orientada hacia la izquierda |
| Italiano | lente di ingrandimento rivolta a sinistra |
| Français | loupe orientée à gauche |
| Deutsch | Lupe nach links |
| Türkçe | sola dönük büyüteç |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kaca pembesar arah kiri |
| Polski | lupa pochylona w lewo |
| Русский | лупа, наклоненная влево |
| 日本語 | 虫眼鏡左 |
| 한국어 | 왼쪽으로 향한 돋보기 |
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All objects emoji →Questions people ask
What does the magnifying glass tilted left emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🔍 "magnifying glass tilted left" and links it with glass, lab, left, left-pointing. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the light and video subgroup of objects.
When was the magnifying glass tilted left 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 magnifying glass tilted left emoji?
Search for glass in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🔍.