Rows of keys on a slim board, the keyboard emoji represents typing itself, used for coding, writing, and messaging. It also lends itself to 'keyboard warrior' — someone bold and combative online who'd never say the same thing to a person's face.
What ⌨️ means
A white rectangular board containing keys arranged in the typical format of a computer/laptop keyboard. The ⌨️ Keyboard emoji signifies input, navigation, and a vital part of any electronic that uses it. This emoji may also represent keyboards used in music production.
How and when to use it
- While indicating that a particular piece of content ought to be typed out rather than handwritten, use ⌨️.
- If you're sharing an informative post on hotkeys/keyboard shortcuts or putting up a post caption or quote involving the same concept, use ⌨️ - "There are no hotkeys to any place that's worth going in life ⌨️".
- Similarly, ⌨️ can be brought into captions that are parallel with the functions or jargons of a keyboard. For example, "A small input can produce a large output ⌨️".
- Use ⌨️ to support professions that mainly revolve around typing, which is the primary usage of a keyboard; content, data entry, coding, etc.
- Writers, ⌨️ is your scene, completely. You can use it in your social media profile name or in social media posts/stories that are about work, leisure, pretty much anything that revolves around writing and yourself.
Other Names
- ⌨️ Computer Keyboard
- ⌨️ Input Device
- ⌨️ Manual Keyboard
- ⌨️ Navigation System
- ⌨️ Keypad
- ⌨️ Control Board
- ⌨️ Laptop Keyboard
- ⌨️ External Keyboard
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › computer
- Codepoints
U+2328 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:keyboard:GitHub- Keywords
- computer, keyboard
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ⌨️ Keyboard or 🙅♀️ Woman Gesturing NO?