Pen Emoji

Objects

A classic ballpoint pen positioned at a diagonal angle, typically shown with a silver tip and a colored barrel. The design mimics a standard office tool designed for writing on physical paper.

Usage Context

Used to signal that a message is being written, to suggest signing a document, or to highlight the act of taking notes. It is frequently sent alongside 📝 or ✍️ to emphasize communication and personal correspondence.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the pen serves as a digital stand-in for the manual writing implements that dominated office environments long before the rise of digital word processing. It acts as a bridge between traditional ink-on-paper workflows and modern mobile messaging.

Details

Glyph

🖊

Unicode

U+1F58A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f58a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD8A;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory writing

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository