Keycap: 8 Emoji

Symbols

A blue or grey square keycap featuring the number eight prominently displayed in the center. It mirrors the look of a physical button found on standard numeric keypads.

Usage Context

Used frequently to indicate the number eight, denote a specific list item, or signify a button press. It is a frequent companion to other numbered icons like 7⃣ or 9⃣ when creating countdowns or top-ten style rankings.

History

Debuting in Unicode 1.1 back in 1993, this character was developed to ensure that early Japanese mobile phone interfaces could display standard keypad layouts as graphical elements within text-based messaging systems.

Details

Glyph

8⃣

Unicode

U+0038 U+20E3

Shortcode

:emoji_u0038_20e3:

HTML Entity

8⃣

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Symbols

Subcategory keycap

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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