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Memo Emoji 📝

A pad of paper with a pencil laid across it, closer to the office sense of "memo" than any specific note. People send it to flag an announcement or a heads-up worth keeping, and plenty of apps borrow the same paper-and-pencil icon for their literal notes screen.

What 📝 means

A rectangular piece of white paper with some writing on it, held down by a ✏️ Pencil. The 📝 Memo emoji essentially signifies taking down notes, making a to-do list, written reminders, or even a bucket list! It can also suggest making mental notes or memorizing something too.

How and when to use it

If you're breaking the ice with someone about your bucket list, or mentioning it in a post caption, 📝 would be useful. For example, "A skydive is on my bucket list for sure 📝" or "One major bucket list item down! 📝" respectively.
You can also use 📝 to indicate any list and not just a bucket list. For instance, "Oh, he's not on the list 📝 don't worry" or "I'd suggest you list out all your goals for starters 📝".
You may use 📝 even while texting someone close; a bestie, significant other, parent, etc, about your to-do list. Like, "I have tons of tasks to finish before the wedding 📝".
Even while asking someone to 'take note' of something or make mental notes, use 📝. Like, "I honestly hope you took something useful from that pep talk 📝".

Other Names

📝 List
📝 To-Do List
📝 Bucket List
📝 Checklist
📝 Notepad
📝 Notes
📝 Memorandum
📝 Pencil and Paper
📝 Written Piece of Paper With Pencil

The lowdown

Category: Objects › writing
Codepoints: U+1F4DD
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :memo::pencil:
Keywords: communication, media, memo, notes, pencil

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.