What does ๐ Blue Book mean?
A closed book with a blue cover. Like its colorful siblings, it is a general sign for books, reading and school, and its color lets people sort topics or decorate reading lists. Blue often ends up standing for manuals, reference guides, math or language courses. In the United States, โblue booksโ are also the exam booklets used in college tests, which makes ๐ handy during finals season.
๐ Blue Book is an emoji from the Objects category (books & paper), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about education, fantasy, library and reading.
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๐ Blue Book on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Blue Book looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Blue Book emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :blue_book:.
When was the Blue Book emoji added?
๐ Blue Book was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Blue Book. The underlying code (U+1F4D8) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.