Puzzle piece

Puzzle piece Emoji

Activities

A single, four-sided jigsaw puzzle piece, typically colored blue with rounded tabs and slots. It represents an interlocking component of a larger whole.

Usage Context

Used to talk about games, brain teasers, or complex problems that require a solution. It is also frequently used to represent autism awareness or to imply that someone is trying to fit into a social group or situation. It pairs well with 🤔 when suggesting a puzzle is being solved or 🧩 is used to show two things that go perfectly together.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0, this icon was requested to help digital users discuss collaborative problem-solving and logic-based entertainment, which have been staples of casual gaming since the rise of early PC puzzle games.

Details

Glyph
🧩
Unicode
U+1F9E9
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9e9:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category Activities
Subcategory game
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
puzzle pieceinterlockingpuzzlepiececluejigsawgamebrain teaserlogicmissing pieceproblem solving

Microsoft Fluent License

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