🪝

Hook Emoji 🪝

A plain metal hook joined Unicode's tool set in 2020, generic enough to double as a coat hook, a fishing hook, or a curtain hook. "Off the hook," getting out of trouble, and "hooked on" something addictive are the two idioms doing most of the actual typing.

What 🪝 means

A right-facing hook with a loop on top and a curved structure below that tapers towards the end. The 🪝 Hook emoji signifies hanging something, hanging onto something, support, being hooked onto something or someone, or even hooking up.

How and when to use it

If you're texting someone about the person you're hooking them up with or the person you hooked up/are hooking up with, you can use 🪝 in those conversations. For example, "Guurrl. Guess who's hooking up tonight 🪝".
'Hook up' doesn't necessarily have to be in a sexual context. So, 🪝 can also be used in contexts of connecting two or more things or people too. For example, "I'll ask if he can hook you up with a good retailer 🪝".
You can also use 🪝 to describe a clingy person or situation - "It's like her life is at a standstill without me 🪝 ugh, why don't people have a life?".
Use 🪝 while suggesting freedom too! "HURRAY! I'm off the hook 🪝 she finally got a life! Oh, man. What are the odds of that, huh?".
If you're posting about something or texting someone about something you've been glued to; a Netflix series, a person, a book, anything, you can use 🪝 in those frameworks too. For instance, "Mannnnn! I've been hooked onto this INSANE horror series! 🪝 You must watch it".

Other Names

🪝 Peg
🪝 Holder
🪝 Fastener
🪝 Clasp
🪝 Billhook
🪝 Hang
🪝 Hook and Eye
🪝 Hasp
🪝 Buckle

The lowdown

Category: Objects › tool
Codepoints: U+1FA9D
Emoji version: Emoji 13.0
Shortcodes: :hook:
Keywords: catch, crook, curve, ensnare, hook, point, selling

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.