🔣

Input Symbols Emoji 🔣

A cluster of punctuation marks boxed together opens the symbol keyboard, the one buried under an extra tap where @ # % and their neighbors actually live. It's the least personal of the five input-mode icons, standing in for technical text, code, or anything a plain alphabet can't spell out.

What 🔣 means

A greyish-blue square designed with four symbols or special characters (〒, 𝅘𝅥𝅮 , @, % - the Japanese postal sign, musical note, address, and percentage symbols, respectively) printed in white on it.

The 🔣 Input Symbols emoji refers to the need for adding symbols into any framework. It could signify creating a password, conveying symbolic messages, and even dangerous or suspicious online content.

How and when to use it

A series of special characters could suggest spammy content. If you're using 'spam' in a literal or metaphorical context, bring in the 🔣. For example, "Don't talk so much! I'mma report you as spam 🔣".
Similarly, symbols may even hint at hidden or underlying messages; much like speaking or rather texting in code, which would require decoding or deciphering. For instance, "Stop decoding life 🔣 You cannot. Just go with it" or "Talk is cheap. Show me some code 🔣".
A code could also symbolize something that's a mystery or something that's difficult by nature - "I think I just cracked the code to her twisted thinking 🔣" or "Nice enthusiasm. But, it ain't that easy to crack 🔣".
If you're texting someone to recreate their password or if you're sharing content about the grave importance of changing the same regularly, you can use 🔣. Like, "Make your password as difficult as possible! 🔣".
Passwords essentially signify security, a secret, and an efficient way to secure content and identity online, and you can also use this angle metaphorically - "Your security depends on how smart you are 🔣".

Other Names

🔣 Symbols
🔣 Input Symbols Sign
🔣 Special Characters
🔣 Spam
🔣 Symbols Input
🔣 Signs
🔣 Characters
🔣 Password

The lowdown

Category: Symbols › alphanum
Codepoints: U+1F523
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :symbols::input_symbols: Discord
Keywords: &, %, ♪, 〒, input, symbols

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.