Orange book Emoji

Objects

A closed book with a bright orange cover. It features a simple white bookmark ribbon trailing from the top edge and looks like a standard hardcover textbook or a reference volume.

Usage Context

Used to denote homework, reading assignments, library visits, or general interest in education. It is frequently sent when someone is hitting the books or providing a source for a claim. It pairs well with other stationery icons like ✏️ or 📝.

History

Introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the orange book was part of a set of colored book icons designed to represent different genres or types of reading material within mobile messaging apps, helping users categorize their messages more visually.

Details

Glyph

📙

Unicode

U+1F4D9

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4d9:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCD9;

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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