A length of parchment unrolled and covered in old script, curled at both ends the way an actual ancient scroll would sag under its own weight. It marks history, decrees, and old knowledge in a caption — a diploma, a proclamation, a story dressed up as centuries older than it is.
What 📜 means
A vertical sheet of papyrus with ancient writings (or modern, who could tell) curled on the top and bottom borders. The 📜 Scroll emoji signifies news and an ancient mode of information and communication, which could, in turn, symbolize history and the past.
How and when to use it
- If you're using references to 'the past' you could use 📜, in a post caption, a text message, etc. For instance, "The past hardly exists 📜and so does someone else's past image of you".
- If you're posting a picture or texting someone, the idea behind both being 'history', 📜 could be your history buddy in both cases. For example, "Oh, he's history 📜" or "People are trapped in history and history, in people 📜".
- Scrolls were used during the reign of queens and kings. They represent a mode of communication that belonged to ancient royalty. So, 📜 could be used to signify a sense of being royal or sharing 'royal news' as well. Like, "I have news, your highness 📜. You are fired".
- You could also use 📜 while sharing interesting historic facts and links to intriguing articles about the past, and not just quotes or text messages that capture the essence.
Other Names
- 📜 Papyrus Scroll
- 📜 Manuscript
- 📜 Paper
- 📜 Document
- 📜 Parchment
- 📜 Scripture
- 📜 Degree
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › book-paper
- Codepoints
U+1F4DC- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:scroll:- Keywords
- paper, scroll
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 — 📜 Scroll or 🕠 Five-thirty?