Old key Emoji

Objects

A vintage, heavy metal skeleton key with a distinct bow-shaped handle and a jagged bit. It represents traditional locking mechanisms that required physical tumblers rather than digital codes.

Usage Context

Used to denote security, access to secret information, or unlocking something private. People often use it to signal the answer to a riddle or a solution to a problem, frequently pairing it with 🔒 or 🔓 to emphasize themes of discovery and hidden doors.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 6.0. Its design draws from the era of heavy iron door hardware, harking back to a time before electronic key cards and pin-based security systems became the internet age standard.

Details

Glyph

🗝

Unicode

U+1F5DD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f5dd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDDDD;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Objects

Subcategory lock

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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