Input latin uppercase Emoji

Symbols

A blue square featuring the capital letters A, B, C, and D arranged in a grid. It serves as a visual shorthand for toggling text input to uppercase mode or referencing the Latin alphabet as a whole.

Usage Context

This icon is frequently seen on virtual mobile keyboards to indicate that the user has switched from lowercase or numeric input to capital letters. Outside of interface settings, it is used in casual chats to signal that someone is shouting, making a point, or emphasizing the start of a new topic.

History

Adopted into Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this character draws its design from the standard button interfaces found on early smartphone OS environments, specifically iOS and Android, which utilized these distinct squares to help users navigate text-entry menus.

Details

Glyph

🔠

Unicode

U+1F520

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f520:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD20;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory alphanum

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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