What does 🔣 Input Symbols mean?
A button showing a mix of symbols such as an ampersand, a percent sign, a music note and the Japanese postal mark, the input mode for symbols. People use it for special characters, passwords that need symbols, or as a cartoon stand-in for swearing, much like a string of punctuation in a comic. It is a handy way to say “I’m censoring myself”.
🔣 Input Symbols is an emoji from the Symbols category (letters & word buttons), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about &, %, ♪ and 〒.
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🔣 Input Symbols on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Input Symbols looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Input Symbols emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🔣 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 :symbols:.
When was the Input Symbols emoji added?
🔣 Input Symbols was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🔣 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Input Symbols. The underlying code (U+1F523) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.