The memo emoji is the internet’s “write this down” sign—part to‑do list, part sassy stenographer. People drop it when they’re taking notes in class, logging meeting minutes, or pretending to be organized while actually just typing “buy milk” for the fifth time. It also shows up as a clapback tool: 📝 “Noted.” (Translation: I heard you, and I’m filing it under ‘things to bring up later.’) It’s big in meme culture for the ‘notes app apology’ vibe—when someone posts a long statement in the iPhone Notes and the timeline side‑eyes in unison.
On Apple devices, it looks like a white, lined, top‑spiral notepad at a slight angle, with a bright yellow wooden pencil (silver ferrule, pink eraser) drawn diagonally as if mid‑scribble. The blue horizontal rules and metal coil make it instantly recognizable as classic notebook paper, and the pencil’s shadow gives it that clean, iOS polish. You’ll see it in captions for journaling, bullet‑journals, study threads, music writing sessions, or anytime someone says “OK team, agenda time.” Used flirtatiously, it can mean “I’m taking notes on you 😉,” and sarcastically it’s shorthand for “Duly noted, Your Majesty.” When the group chat gets messy, it screams “documenting the tea.”
Definition
A yellow pencil with pink eraser is writing text on a notepad. The spiral notepad page is nearly full of text.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
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.
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)
217 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
:memo:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Notepad and Pencil
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Names & Annotations
MEMO
Symbol Information
U+1F4DD proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-527
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#76 'Memo' メモ 「memo」 U+E689 SJIS-F8EA JIS-7946
KDDI
#395 メモする 「memosuru」 U+EA92 SJIS-F365 JIS-7946
Softbank
#237 #old271 メモ 「memo」 U+E301 SJIS-F9A1
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 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)
e301
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E301
Decimal Code Point(s)
58113
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x8C 0x81
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 8C 81
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 214 201
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE301
UTF-16 Hex
e301
UTF-16 Dec
58113
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E301
UTF-32 Hex
E301
UTF-32 Dec
58113
Python Src
u"\uE301"
PHP Src
"\xee\x8c\x81"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE301"
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)
1f4dd
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4DD
Decimal Code Point(s)
128221
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0x9D
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 9D
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 235
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCDD
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcdd
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56541
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4DD
UTF-32 Hex
01F4DD
UTF-32 Dec
128221
Python Src
u"\U0001F4DD"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\x9d"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCDD"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
