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Information

On social, ℹ️ thrives as a setup for tidbits, disclaimers, and “fun fact” drops—and as the polite cousin of “actually…” when you need to correct something without going full caps-lock. It pairs neatly with PSA threads, “read before buying” posts, and sly sarcasm (ℹ️: your hot take needs citations).

On Apple devices, it appears as a crisp white lowercase i centered in a vivid blue circle—clean, flat, and instantly clickable-looking, like the info icon you’d tap in an app’s settings. It gives librarian-meets-tech-support energy: helpful, nonjudgmental, and perfect for threading receipts, source links, and context drops.

Big picture, the information emoji is the universal “FYI” button—like a tiny tour guide waving you toward the details you almost skipped. That friendly lowercase i in a blue circle instantly signals “more context here,” whether you’re dropping a PSA, linking a FAQ, or calmly correcting a wild group chat rumor. Think of it as the emoji equivalent of a tooltip or the tourist info booth sign—quietly heroic, never dramatic, always useful.

Definition

This emoji pretty much means "google it".

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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.
2. The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	568 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	:information_source:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Information Source

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Letterlike Symbols
Unicode Range	2100–214F
Unicode Subcategory	Additional Letterlike Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory	Enclosed Alphanumeric Symbols
Names & Annotations	INFORMATION SOURCE Temporary Notes: "i" = information
Symbol Information	ℹ U+2139 unified (Unicode 3.0)
Proposal Identifier	e-B47

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	[ｉ]
KDDI	#11 インフォメーションシンボル 「infuomeeshiyonshinboru」 U+E533 SJIS-F74F JIS-7730
Softbank	[ｉ]

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	ℹ
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	ℹ
Decimal HTML Entity	ℹ
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	ℹ
Hex Code Point(s)	2139
Formal Unicode Notation	U+2139
Decimal Code Point(s)	8505
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE2 0x84 0xB9
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	E2 84 B9
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	342 204 271
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x2139
UTF-16 Hex	2139
UTF-16 Dec	8505
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x00002139
UTF-32 Hex	2139
UTF-32 Dec	8505
Python Src	u"\u2139"
PHP Src	"\xe2\x84\xb9"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u2139"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	ℹ️
UTF-8 Character Count	2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	ℹ️
Decimal HTML Entity	ℹ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	ℹ ️
Hex Code Point(s)	2139, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation	U+2139, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)	8505, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE2 0x84 0xB9, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	E2 84 B9, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	342 204 271, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x2139, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex	2139, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec	8505, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x00002139 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex	2139, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec	8505, 65039
Python Src	u"\u2139\uFE0F"
PHP Src	"\xe2\x84\xb9\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u2139\uFE0F"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)