= padlock in locked position

Information

On Apple/iOS, the padlock appears with a warm golden body and rounded corners, a silver‑gray U‑shaped shackle, and a centered dark keyhole; crisp shading gives it a slightly 3D, front‑facing feel. It mirrors the browser HTTPS lock, so you’ll spot it in cybersecurity tweets, Wi‑Fi jokes, and posts about safe links. People often pair it with the key (🔑) for exclusive-access vibes, or with shush and zipper‑mouth faces to hammer home the secrets‑stay‑here message.

Creators lean on it to tag private stories, subscriber‑only drops, and no‑spoilers threads. It’s the quick signal for privacy mode—secrets sealed, boundaries respected—so it shows up when DMs are closed, a playlist is tucked in a vault, someone flips to a private account, or they’re flexing security around passwords and 2FA. It also reads as “relationship status: exclusive,” locking things down.

In gamer and sports talk, it doubles as “locked in”—focus activated, tunnel vision on. Used cheekily, it can mean nope, gatekeeping this tea, or I’m not unlocking that lore drop. Flirty twist: dropping a single lock hints your heart’s unavailable… unless someone’s got the key.

Definition

The brass colored lock is in the locked position. iEmoji old name: Icon Locked.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
2. In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	837 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	:lock:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Lock

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	LOCK = padlock in locked position Temporary Notes: Lock (closed padlock)
Symbol Information	U+1F512 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-B86

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#116 'Password' パスワード 「pasuwaado」 U+E6D9 SJIS-F97D JIS-7674
KDDI	#138 錠前 U+E51C SJIS-F6F5 JIS-7677
Softbank	#233 #old158 鍵(ロック) 「鍵(rotsuku)」 U+E144 SJIS-F785

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)	1f512
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F512
Decimal Code Point(s)	128274
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x92
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 94 92
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 224 222
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDD12
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddd12
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56594
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F512
UTF-32 Hex	01F512
UTF-32 Dec	128274
Python Src	u"\U0001F512"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x94\x92"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDD12"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)