Pen Emoji

Objects

A classic ballpoint pen positioned at a diagonal angle, typically shown with a silver tip and a colored barrel. The design mimics a standard office tool designed for writing on physical paper.

Usage Context

Used to signal that a message is being written, to suggest signing a document, or to highlight the act of taking notes. It is frequently sent alongside 📝 or ✍️ to emphasize communication and personal correspondence.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the pen serves as a digital stand-in for the manual writing implements that dominated office environments long before the rise of digital word processing. It acts as a bridge between traditional ink-on-paper workflows and modern mobile messaging.

Details

Glyph

🖊

Unicode

U+1F58A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f58a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD8A;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory writing

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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