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Winter

Winter Olympics

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Smileys

People

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Objects

Symbols

Flags

A metal bolt with a nut threaded around it, as by a <a href="/wrench/">wrench</a>. Often positioned at a 45&deg; angle, the head of the bolt at the upper left. Commonly used for various content concerning tools, building, and construction. May also be used for other hardware, including screws.

Apple&rsquo;s bolt <a href="/apple/ios-9.0/nut-and-bolt/">previously resembled</a>&nbsp;a screw, <a href="/google/android-7.0/nut-and-bolt/">Google&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;a dumbbell; Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/nut-and-bolt/">previously featured</a> the nut and bolt separately.

Nut and Bolt

The reddish-brown, acorn-shaped chestnut, tapering to a sharp tip from its light brown base on most platforms. A popular roasted snack associated with autumn and Christmas.&nbsp;

May be used for other edible nuts (e.g., walnuts) or sexual slang.

Chestnut

A claw hammer, as used for driving or removing nails. Generally depicted with a metal head and wooden&nbsp;handle, positioned at a 45&deg; angle with the head at the upper left.

Commonly used for content concerning tools, building, and construction as well as various senses of breaking or smashing. May also represent hard work or be applied to hammer-related expressions, e.g., nailed it.

<a href="/apple/ios-5.1/hammer/">Apple</a> and <a href="/facebook/1.0/hammer/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> designs previously displayed a gavel, <a href="/softbank/2006/hammer/">Softbank&rsquo;s</a> a mallet. Not to be confused with <a href="/pick/">⛏️&nbsp;Pick</a> or <a href="/axe/">🪓&nbsp;Axe</a>.

Hammer

A silver paper clip, as used to hold together sheets of paper&mdash;or remove a SIM card from a <a href="/mobile-phone/">mobile phone</a>. Shown positioned at various angles.

Occasionally used to represent school/office supplies. Also sometimes used as an icon before a <a href="/link/">hyperlink</a>. Displays as Microsoft mascot&nbsp;<a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clippy">Clippy</a>&nbsp;on Windows 11.

Not to be confused with <a href="/link/">🔗 Link</a>, <a href="/linked-paperclips/">🖇️ Linked Paperclips</a>, <a href="/chains/">⛓️ Chains</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="/safety-pin/">🧷 Safety Pin</a>.

Paperclip

A hammer and pick, as used for breaking up rocks in mining, crossed in an X shape. Generally depicted as metal, mallet- and chisel-styled hammers with wooden handles. The heads of the tools face up, with the pick usually at the right. Often used for various content concerning tools, building, and construction.

Facebook implements the same designs as for its <a href="/hammer/">🔨&nbsp;Hammer</a> and <a href="/pick/">⛏️&nbsp;Pick</a>. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/">previously featured</a> stylized, white tools on a green square, as a sign or icon of a mine.

Hammer and Pick

A hammer and wrench, as kept in a <a href="/toolbox/">toolbox</a>, crossed in an X shape. Depicted with metal tools facing up, the hammer positioned at the upper left. Most vendors implement the same design as for their <a href="/hammer/">🔨&nbsp;Hammer</a> and <a href="/wrench/">🔧&nbsp;Wrench</a>.

Commonly used for various content concerning tools, building, construction, and work, both manual and digital.

Hammer and Wrench

A metal wrench (spanner), as used for turning <a href="/nut-and-bolt/">nuts and bolts</a>. Depicted with two open, crescent-shaped ends or one open end and a closed, ring-shaped end. Generally positioned at a 45&deg; angle.

Commonly used for various content concerning tools, building, maintenance, and skilled trades like car mechanics and plumbing.

Wrench

A metal clamp or vice, as screwed to hold or compress materials like wood or metal. Depicted as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-clamp">C-clamp</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-clamp">F-clamp</a>, its screw in various positions.

Commonly used for various content concerning tools, equipment, and technology. May also represent file compression in computer science. An image of a clamp, for example,&nbsp;is featured in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinZip">WinZip</a> icon.

Twitter&rsquo;s clamp is red.&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/clamp/">previously featured</a> a clamp around a cardboard box.

Compression

An unlocked&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock">padlock</a>, as used to secure a latch or chain,&nbsp;or&nbsp;as an icon for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">non-secure connection</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access">open access</a> online. Generally depicted with a gold base and silver shackle, as an open <a href="/locked/">🔒&nbsp;Locked</a>.

May be used to represent a lack of or concerns about privacy and security. May also be used for figurative senses of unlocking, e.g., achievement unlocked.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design is silver, its shackle turned to the right, as Samsung&rsquo;s <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/unlocked/">previously was</a>.

This emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojipedia-now-with-https/">does not display in page titles</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;Apple&rsquo;s Safari web browser, presumably to prevent less reputable sites from pretending to be secure (encrypted using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS">HTTPS</a>).

Open Lock

A locked (closed) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock">padlock</a> with a fountain pen or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nib_(pen)">nib</a> positioned at various angles in front of it.&nbsp;Vendors implement the same design as their <a href="/locked/">🔒 Locked</a> and the same or similar design as their <a href="/fountain-pen/">🖋️ Fountain Pen</a> or <a href="/black-nib/">✒️ Black Nib</a>.

May represent digital certificates in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography">public-key technology</a>. May also have similar applications as <a href="/locked/">🔒 Locked</a> (privacy, security) and <a href="/fountain-pen/">🖋️ Fountain Pen</a> or <a href="/black-nib/">✒️ Black Nib</a> (writing, signing).

Apple&rsquo;s design <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/locked-with-pen/">previously displayed</a> a nib, as did&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-11.0/locked-with-pen/">Google&rsquo;s</a>.

This emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojipedia-now-with-https/">does not display in page titles</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;Apple&rsquo;s Safari web browser, presumably to prevent less reputable sites from pretending to be secure (encrypted using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS">HTTPS</a>).

Lock with Ink Pen

A locked (closed) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock">padlock</a> with an upright key at its right. Vendors implement the same designs as their <a href="/locked/">🔒 Locked</a> and <a href="/key/">🔑 Key</a>.

May represent digital keys in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography">public-key technology</a>. May have similar applications as <a href="/locked/">🔒 Locked</a> (privacy, security) and <a href="/key/">🔑 Key</a> (means of access, &quot;crucial&quot;). Sometimes used to represent a locket to symbolize romantic love and commitment.

Apple&rsquo;s design <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/locked-with-key/">previously featured</a> the easter egg UM242 on its key, a reference to <a href="http://www.cubiclekeys.com/herman-miller-um-series-replacement-keys.html">locks on Herman Miller&nbsp;office furniture</a>. Facebook&rsquo;s design <a href="/facebook/2.0/locked-with-key/">once&nbsp;displayed</a> a silver key, its head at the bottom.

This emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojipedia-now-with-https/">does not display in page titles</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;Apple&rsquo;s Safari web browser, presumably to prevent less reputable sites from pretending to be secure (encrypted using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS">HTTPS</a>).

Closed Lock with Key

A round metal gear with teeth.

Used to talk about tools and engineering (both hardware and software). Also commonly used to indicate settings on user interfaces.&nbsp;May also represent hard work, e.g., grinding in sports.

Samsung&rsquo;s design originally&nbsp;featured a white gear icon on a green square.

Gear

A locked (closed) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock">padlock</a>, as used to secure a latch or <a href="/chains/">chain</a>, or as an icon for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">secure internet connection</a>, private account, or locked device. Generally depicted with a gold base and silver shackle. WhatsApp&rsquo;s design is silver.

Commonly used for content concerning safety, security, privacy, and protection as well as various senses of lock, e.g., locked in/down.

This emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojipedia-now-with-https/">does not display in page titles</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;Apple&rsquo;s Safari web browser, presumably to prevent less reputable sites from pretending to be secure (encrypted using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS">HTTPS</a>).

See also: <a href="/locked-with-pen/">🔏 Locked With Pen</a> and <a href="/locked-with-key/">🔐 Locked With Key</a>.

Lock

A red brick or bricks. Depicted in a loose stack, a single object with holes, or as built into wall, as of a <a href="/house/">house</a>, <a href="/school/">school</a>, or other structure.

Commonly used for various content concerning building and construction. May also be used for figurative bricks, e.g., slang brick, &ldquo;extremely cold (weather).&rdquo;

Brick

The pod of the peanut, shown in its rounded, grooved, light-brown shell. Apple depicts a pair.

May be used for peanut butter as well&nbsp;as other edible nuts (e.g., almonds)&nbsp;or metaphorical ones, including slang for &ldquo;crazy&rdquo;, &ldquo;testicle&rdquo;, or <a href="/nsfw/">to nut</a>&nbsp;(ejaculate).

Peanuts

A horseshoe magnet, as used to pick up&nbsp;iron.&nbsp;Depicted at various angles in red with silver-tipped poles.

Commonly used for various content concerning literal and figurative magnetism and attraction. May also be used in various science-related contexts more generally.

Twitter&rsquo;s design features two <a href="/high-voltage/">electric bolts</a> coming from its poles. WhatsApp&rsquo;s horseshoe is half blue, denoting an opposite magnetic pole.

Magnet

A pickaxe, a tool with a curved spike for breaking up rocks in mining. Generally depicted with a metal head and wooden handle, positioned at a 45&deg; angle with the head at the upper left.

May be used for various content concerning building, construction, digging, mining, or rock climbing.&nbsp;Not to be confused with <a href="/hammer/">🔨&nbsp;Hammer</a> or <a href="/axe/">Axe</a>.

Pick

A sign used to indicate roadwork or <a href="/construction-worker/" title="👷 Construction Worker">construction</a>. Generally shown as yellow and black diagonal stripes, and often used to physically block access to a road or area. May be used to imply a website or project&nbsp;in progress or under construction.

Construction Sign

A construction worker wearing a hard-hat (safety helmet). Has a high visibility vest or <a href="/hammer/" title="🔨 Hammer">hammer</a> in some variations.

Some platforms display a green cross on the <a href="/rescue-workers-helmet/" title="⛑ Helmet With White Cross">helmet</a> which is used in Japan as a safety reminder in <a href="/construction/" title="🚧 Construction Sign">construction</a> zones. It is also commonly seen on the <a href="http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Met">Met</a>&nbsp;helmet in the game&nbsp;Mega Man.

Construction Worker

A construction site generally depicted as a tower crane shown lifting steel or other building materials.

Building Construction

A red box for holding and transporting tools, such as a <a href="/hammer/">hammer</a> and <a href="/wrench/">wrench</a>. Generally depicted as latched shut with silver hardware and a black handle.

Commonly used for literal or metaphorical tools, toolkits, and building.

WhatsApp&#39;s design includes a hammer in front. Google&rsquo;s design was <a href="/google/android-9.0/toolbox/">previously shown</a> as open with two wrenches and a pair of pliers.

Toolbox

A chocolate-glazed donut (or doughnut) with&nbsp;<a href="/rainbow/">rainbow</a>&nbsp;sprinkles. WhatsApp features a pink glaze associated with&nbsp;The Simpsons. May resemble the&nbsp;<a href="/bagel/">Bagel</a>&nbsp;at small sizes.

Doughnut

The hairy shell of a tropical coconut, cracked in a half to show its milky-white meat.&nbsp;

Google <a href="/google/android-8.0/coconut/">previously</a> displayed&nbsp;a whole coconut alongside a&nbsp;half-shell.

Coconut

A key, as opens a <a href="/door/">door</a> or <a href="/locked/">lock</a>. Depicted at a 45&deg; angle as a gold, bronze, or copper key with a round head and notched blade. Commonly used for figurative senses of key, e.g., the key to success, being key&nbsp;(&quot;crucial&quot;).

DJ Khaled&nbsp;uses the emoji to indicate his&nbsp;<a href="http://snapchatemojis.com/verified/">Snapchat stories are official</a> (verified). Apple&rsquo;s design <a href="/apple/ios-9.1/key/">previously resembled</a> a gold <a href="/old-key/">🗝️ Old Key</a>, which emoji has similar applications.

May also represent digital keys in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography">public-key technology</a>. This may explain why the emoji&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojipedia-now-with-https/">does not display in page titles</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;Apple&rsquo;s Safari web browser, presumably to prevent less reputable sites from pretending to be secure (encrypted using&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS">HTTPS</a>).

Two links of a silver <a href="/chains/">chain</a>, positioned at a 45&deg; angle. Used as an icon for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink">hyperlink</a> on computers and the internet. May also be used for metaphorical connections.

Not to be confused with&nbsp;<a href="/chains/">⛓️Chains</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/paperclip/">📎 Paperclip</a>, <a href="/linked-paperclips/">🖇️ Linked Paperclips</a>, or <a href="/safety-pin/">🧷 Safety Pin</a>.

Link Symbol

Two parallel lengths of silver chain. Occasionally used as an icon before a <a href="/link/">hyperlink</a> or for metaphorical connections or chains, e.g., slang&nbsp;off the chains.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/chains/">previously featured</a> stylized, white chains in a blue square, as a sign or icon for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_chains">snow chains</a> for winter driving.

Not to be confused with&nbsp;<a href="/link/">🔗 Link</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/paperclip/">📎 Paperclip</a>, <a href="/linked-paperclips/">🖇️ Linked Paperclips</a>, or <a href="/safety-pin/">🧷 Safety Pin</a>.

Chains

Two or more silver <a href="/paperclip/">paper clips</a> linked together, generally forming an inverted V.&nbsp;Microsoft&rsquo;s design displays three paper clips.

Occasionally used to represent school/office supplies or metaphorical connections. Also sometimes used as an icon before a <a href="/link/">hyperlink</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/link/">🔗 Link</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/chains/">⛓️ Chains</a>.

Linked Paperclips

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Emojipedia

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

🔩 Nut and Bolt on SoftBank 1999

🔩 Nut and Bolt on SoftBank 1999

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