✏️ "pencil" emoji (copy and paste)
✏️
pencil
A classic yellow pencil, often shown with a pink eraser.
Meaning of the pencil Emoji
The pencil emoji depicts a classic yellow pencil, commonly used to represent writing, drawing, or education. It can convey ideas like note-taking, sketching, or schoolwork. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 1.1 in 1993 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Usage Examples
- Time to write some notes ✏️
- Drawing a quick sketch ✏️
- Back to school supplies ✏️
- Editing the document ✏️
- Creative ideas flowing ✏️
Alternative Names
pencil, writing pencil, lead pencil
Related Word Associations
write, draw, education, note, sketch, school
Appearance in OpenMoji
Download the OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) version of the ✏️ pencil emoji for cross-platform use:
PNG format:
SVG format:
Unicode Data
- Code Point(s):
- U+270F FE0F
- Version:
- Emoji E0.6
Developer Codes
| Shortcode (Discord) | :pencil: |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :pencil: |
| Shortcode (Slack) | :pencil: |
| HTML Dec | ✏️ |
| HTML Hex | ✏️ |
| CSS | \00270F \00FE0F |
| C, C++ & Python | \u270F\uFE0F |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \u270F\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{270F}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{270F}\u{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2bi |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%9C%8F%EF%B8%8F |