Notebook with decorative cover Emoji

Objects

A closed notebook featuring a hard cover with a spiral-bound spine or a classic stitched design, often shown in shades of blue or teal. It represents a physical journal or personal diary meant for holding private thoughts or organized classroom work.

Usage Context

Frequently used to signal the start of a new project, taking notes, or sharing personal reflections. People often use it alongside ✏️ to denote writing or 📅 to talk about planning and scheduling tasks.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this design was inspired by the traditional personal organizers and student notebooks that were staples of pre-digital classrooms. It helped bridge the gap as physical stationery habits moved into the mobile messaging era.

Details

Glyph

📔

Unicode

U+1F4D4

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4d4:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCD4;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Objects

Subcategory book-paper

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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