2️⃣
What 2️⃣ means
A white number '2' designed on a blue square. The 2️⃣ Keycap: 2 emoji represents the '2' button found on various devices. It signifies a sense of being less important, secondary, and silver when it comes to ranking.
How and when to use it
- If you're referring to anything that's 'second' by nature; a second choice, a second chance, second love, second priority, etc., 2️⃣ is the perfect emoji. For example, "Generally the second is a lot better than the first 2️⃣" or "Everyone deserves a second chance 2️⃣".
- You could use 2️⃣ even while indicating the second rank, second place, and the second position, both literally and metaphorically. Like, "It seems he won second place 2️⃣" or "You cannot love someone the most and award them the second priority in your life 2️⃣".
- If you're speaking of repeating something twice, a double, two times a given thing, etc, then too, you can use 2️⃣. For instance, "If you gotta think twice to be with me 2️⃣ I just need to make one decision; leave", "Repeat the previous step 2️⃣", or even "Read step 2️⃣".
- Generally, use 2️⃣ while numbering in a list, referring to the second point/paragraph/section, or even while laying out the second instruction/step to anything.
Other Names
- 2️⃣ Number 2
- 2️⃣ #2
- 2️⃣ Second
- 2️⃣ Double
- 2️⃣ Twice/Two Times
- 2️⃣ Keycap 2
- 2️⃣ Keycap Digit Two
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › keycap
- Codepoints
U+0032 U+FE0F U+20E3- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:two:- Keywords
- 2, keycap, two
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 — 2️⃣ Keycap: 2 or ⏺️ Record Button?