→ 2117 ℗  sound recording copyright → 24B8 Ⓒ  circled latin capital letter c

Information

Culture-wise, the © echoes formal copyright notices like “© 2026 Your Name.” Even though protection applies without the symbol, people still deploy it for clarity, credit, and a dash of drama. Online, it buddies up with ™ and ® for brand-flavored jokes, shows up in bios and as watermarks, and drops into comments whenever someone wants credit—or to playfully gatekeep a recipe, playlist, or meme format.

On Apple/iOS, it’s a neat, grayscale circled C: a dark, clean-lined “C” centered within a crisp ring, finished with a soft gradient that lends a polished, system-icon feel. No frills, no face—just a compact, geometric mark that could sit on a legal header or a design mood board. Tight proportions, sharp edges, and an overall tiny-stamp vibe.

Functionally, the copyright emoji is the web’s pocket “hands off—that’s mine” tag: a bold C tucked in a circle that shouts dibs without a whole cease-and-desist. People stick it on artwork, captions, and spicy original ideas, or slap it on a meme to jokingly claim a punchline. It can read protective, proud, or playfully possessive—like clicking a tiny padlock onto your creativity. Used sarcastically, it’s perfect after obvious truths (“Water is wet ©”) or when mock-claiming the group chat’s running joke.

Definition

A circle with a large C in the middle. The C stands for Copyright which was introduced in 1909.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	788 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture	Image not available
LG Emoji Picture	Image not available
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:copyright:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Copyright Sign

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement
Unicode Range	0080–00FF
Unicode Subcategory	Latin-1 Punctuation and Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory	Enclosed Alphanumeric Symbols
Names & Annotations	COPYRIGHT SIGN
Symbol Information	© U+00A9 unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier	e-B29

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#Exp.38 'Copyright' コピーライト 「kopiiraito」 U+E731 SJIS-F9D6 JIS-7755
KDDI	#81 コピーライトマーク 「kopiiraitomaaku」 U+E558 SJIS-F774 JIS-7755
Softbank	#469 #old258 コピーライトマーク 「kopiiraitomaaku」 U+E24E SJIS-F7EE

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 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)	a9
Formal Unicode Notation	U+A9
Decimal Code Point(s)	169
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xC2 0xA9
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	C2 A9
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	302 251
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x00A9
UTF-16 Hex	00a9
UTF-16 Dec	169
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x000000A9
UTF-32 Hex	A9
UTF-32 Dec	169
Python Src	u"\u00A9"
PHP Src	"\xc2\xa9"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u00A9"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 11 - 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)	a9, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation	U+A9, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)	169, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xC2 0xA9, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	C2 A9, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	302 251, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x00A9, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex	00a9, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec	169, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x000000A9 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex	A9, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec	169, 65039
Python Src	u"\u00A9\uFE0F"
PHP Src	"\xc2\xa9\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u00A9\uFE0F"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)