The writing hand emoji is the digital equivalent of pulling out a pen and saying, “Alright, let me jot that down before I forget.” It’s used for taking notes, drafting ideas, signing deals, or delivering a very official “noted” with a sprinkle of passive-aggressive flair. You’ll see it in memes as the classic “me writing this down” reaction, in StudyTok captions during cram season, and in posts where someone claims they’re penning their villain origin story or a savage clapback.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a right hand angled diagonally, clutching a dark pen with a metallic tip as it draws a neat blue squiggle—no paper in sight, just pure productivity vibes. The default hand is the familiar emoji-yellow (with skin tone options), and the pose screams mid-sentence, like you caught the writer in action. People use it flirtatiously to “take notes” on your coffee order, dramatically to announce a manifesto, or ironically when they absolutely won’t remember a thing. It also shows up for journaling, NaNoWriMo hype, autograph energy, contract-signing jokes, and any post that needs a little author glow-up.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 482 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 Code |
|---|---|
| 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) | 270d |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+270D |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9997 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9C 0x8D |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9C 8D |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 234 215 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x270D |
| UTF-16 Hex | 270d |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9997 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000270D |
| UTF-32 Hex | 270D |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9997 |
| Python Src | u"\u270D" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9c\x8d" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u270D" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ✍️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ✍️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ✍ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ✍ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 270d, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+270D, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9997, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9C 0x8D, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9C 8D, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 234 215, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x270D, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | 270d, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9997, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000270D 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 270D, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9997, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\u270D\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9c\x8d\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u270D\uFE0F" |
