Pen emoji 🖊️
Emoji 0.7 (2014) · U+1F58A U+FE0F
What 🖊️ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Pen 🖊️ is tagged with these keywords: ballpoint.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing ballpoint or pen in the emoji search brings up 🖊️.
Pen 🖊️ is one of 8 emoji in the writing 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 pen.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type pen.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type pen in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type pen.
Codes for developers
Pen 🖊️ is written with 2 code points: U+1F58A 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+1F58A U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🖊️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🖊️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F58A \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F58A}\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%96%8A%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 96 8A 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 | pen |
| Português | caneta |
| Español | bolígrafo |
| Italiano | penna a sfera |
| Français | stylo |
| Deutsch | Kugelschreiber |
| Türkçe | kalem |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pena |
| Polski | długopis |
| Русский | шариковая ручка |
| 日本語 | ペン |
| 한국어 | 펜 |
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All objects emoji →Questions people ask
What does the pen emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🖊️ "pen" and links it with ballpoint. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the writing subgroup of objects.
When was the pen 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 pen emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🖊️ when you search for pen.