Orange book Emoji

Objects

A closed book with a bright orange cover. It features a simple white bookmark ribbon trailing from the top edge and looks like a standard hardcover textbook or a reference volume.

Usage Context

Used to denote homework, reading assignments, library visits, or general interest in education. It is frequently sent when someone is hitting the books or providing a source for a claim. It pairs well with other stationery icons like ✏️ or 📝.

History

Introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the orange book was part of a set of colored book icons designed to represent different genres or types of reading material within mobile messaging apps, helping users categorize their messages more visually.

Details

Glyph

📙

Unicode

U+1F4D9

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4d9:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCD9;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory book-paper

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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