Old key emoji 🗝️
Emoji 0.7 (2014) · U+1F5DD U+FE0F
What 🗝️ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Old key 🗝️ is tagged with these keywords: clue, key, lock, old.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing clue or key in the emoji search brings up 🗝️.
Old key 🗝️ is one of 6 emoji in the locks and keys subgroup of objects (268 emoji), next to 🔒 🔓 🔏 🔐.
Will 🗝️ show on my friend's phone?
🗝️ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.7 (2014). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 🗝️
Any emoji picker finds 🗝️ when you search for old key.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type old key.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type old key in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type old key.
Codes for developers
Old key 🗝️ is written with 2 code points: U+1F5DD U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 7 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 3.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F5DD U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🗝️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🗝️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F5DD \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F5DD}\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%97%9D%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 97 9D EF B8 8F |
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 | old key |
| Português | chave antiga |
| Español | llave antigua |
| Italiano | chiave antica |
| Français | clé ancienne |
| Deutsch | alter Schlüssel |
| Türkçe | eski anahtar |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kunci antik |
| Polski | staroświecki klucz |
| Русский | старинный ключ |
| 日本語 | 古い鍵 |
| 한국어 | 오래된 열쇠 |
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All objects emoji →Questions people ask
What does the old key emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🗝️ "old key" and links it with clue, key, lock, old. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the locks and keys subgroup of objects.
When was the old key emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the old key emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🗝️ when you search for old key.