Thread emoji 🧵
Emoji 11.0 (2018) · U+1F9F5
What 🧵 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Thread 🧵 is tagged with these keywords: needle, sewing, spool, string.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing needle or sewing in the emoji search brings up 🧵.
Thread 🧵 is one of 7 emoji in the arts and crafts subgroup of activities (85 emoji), next to 🪡 🧶 🪢 🎭.
Will 🧵 show on my friend's phone?
🧵 was added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). 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 thread.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type thread.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type thread in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type thread.
Codes for developers
Thread 🧵 is a single code point, U+1F9F5. 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+1F9F5 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧵 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧵 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9F5"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9F5} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%B5 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 B5 |
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 thread emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🧵 "thread" and links it with needle, sewing, spool, string. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arts and crafts subgroup of activities.
When was the thread emoji added?
In Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. Phones updated since about 2019 show it.
How do I type the thread emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🧵 when you search for thread.