The bookmark emoji is the digital page-saver: that little ribbon you drop in when life says “brb” mid-paragraph. On Apple/iOS it shows up as a bold red ribbon-style rectangle with a crisp white star in the center and a neat V-notch at the bottom—clean, flat, and instantly library-core. It screams “favorites” and “keep this safe,” like a tiny VIP pass for content. Think school-supply aesthetic meets productivity mood board.
Online, it’s shorthand for “saving this for later,” whether it’s a recipe thread, a 30-tweet tutorial, or a chaotic meme you’ll absolutely forget until 2 a.m. People use it playfully—“bookmarking this for the drama,” “saving for payday,” or even flirty: “bookmarking you.” It can be sarcastic too: “bookmarking this bad take for future reference.” You’ll see it in fandom spaces (AO3 readers nodding), study groups, and social posts telling you to hit the platform’s bookmark button—especially on X/Twitter where the literal UI is a bookmark icon. It’s also a nice visual cue in captions and bios to mark highlights, resources, or must-reads without yelling in all caps.
Definition
A traditional bookmark used to mark a location in a book. Books are generally read over multiple days. A bookmark is used to make it easy to find your place again and start reading. Also used to represent a merchandise tag. Popularity of this emoji went up after Macklemore's "Thrift Shop" song reached the number one spot on the billboards, mainly for the lyrical reference to popping tags on second hand clothing.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1245 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:bookmark:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
BOOKMARK Temporary Notes: Bookmark list ("お気に入り")
Symbol Information
U+1F516 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B8F
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ブックマーク]
KDDI
#512 お気に入り 「o気ni入ri」 U+EB07 SJIS-F7DE JIS-7860
Softbank
[ブックマーク]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🔖
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🔖
Decimal HTML Entity
🔖
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🔖
Hex Code Point(s)
1f516
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F516
Decimal Code Point(s)
128278
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x96
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 96
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 226
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD16
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd16
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56598
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F516
UTF-32 Hex
01F516
UTF-32 Dec
128278
Python Src
u"\U0001F516"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\x96"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD16"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
