Hole Emoji
Smileys
A dark, circular void depicting a deep opening in the ground. The gradient shading gives it a sense of bottomless depth, making it look like a physical gap or a portal in a flat surface.
Usage Context
Frequently used to express feelings of being overwhelmed, emptiness, or a desire to disappear into the ground. It is also a go-to choice for visual metaphors involving 'falling into a trap' or becoming obsessed with a niche topic, often paired with the rabbit emoji to reference the classic 'down the rabbit hole' trope.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji was introduced alongside a variety of other objects to help users express abstract concepts or states of mind that didn't fit into the standard smiley face categories.
Details
Glyph
🕳
Unicode
U+1F573
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f573:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory emotion
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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