Open book emoji ๐
Emoji 0.6 (2010) ยท U+1F4D6
What ๐ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Open book ๐ is tagged with these keywords: book, education, fantasy, knowledge, library, novels, open, reading.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing book or education in the emoji search brings up ๐.
Open book ๐ is one of 17 emoji in the books and paper subgroup of objects (268 emoji), next to ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ๐
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for open book.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type open book.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type open book in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type open book.
Codes for developers
Open book ๐ is a single code point, U+1F4D6. 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+1F4D6 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 📖 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 📖 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F4D6"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4D6} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%93%96 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 93 96 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | open book |
| Portuguรชs | livro aberto |
| Espaรฑol | libro abierto |
| Italiano | libro aperto |
| Franรงais | livre ouvert |
| Deutsch | offenes Buch |
| Tรผrkรงe | aรงฤฑk kitap |
| Bahasa Indonesia | buku terbuka |
| Polski | otwarta ksiฤ ลผka |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะพัะบัััะฐั ะบะฝะธะณะฐ |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ้ใใๆฌ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ํผ์ณ์ง ์ฑ |
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What does the open book emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "open book" 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 open book 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 open book emoji?
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for open book.