The pushpin emoji 📌 is the classic flat‑topped thumbtack—think classroom corkboard weapon of choice—used to mark something that matters. On Apple/iOS, it shows as a bright yellow pin with a flat round head and a shiny silver needle, tilted diagonally like it’s mid‑poke, with simple shading that makes it pop against text. It’s different from the round pushpin 📍 (the red map-style one); this one screams bulletin board, not GPS.
People drop 📌 when they’re pinning announcements, curating study threads, labeling “read me first,” or calling “receipts” in a messy discourse. It doubles as the vibe for “pin this for later,” “pinned tweet/vid,” or a Slack/Discord channel pin—basically, the digital equivalent of sticking a note where no one can miss it. Used sarcastically, it plays corporate bingo: “Let’s put a pin in that” translates to “we’ll forget this by Friday,” which is exactly why someone immediately replies with a lone 📌. It can read slightly dramatic or bossy—like bolding a sentence with a tiny piece of stationery.
Culturally, it evokes corkboards, dorm posters, science-fair tri‑folds, and the pre-Pinterest era when “save” involved actual holes in paper. Meme-wise, it shows up as the “attention, class” emoji, the “sticky thread” badge, or the “pin of accountability” when someone promises an update. Not a tool for directions, but perfect for priorities, checklists, and that one mega post you want living at the top forever.
Definition
A pushpin is also referred to as a tack and is used to hold a piece of paper to a wall. Best when used on a wall that was designed specifically to hold pushpins, but can also be used on standard drywall. An inexpensive way to hold a poster on the wall, such a kitten or rock band posters in a child's bedroom.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
137 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:pushpin:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Names & Annotations
PUSHPIN
Symbol Information
U+1F4CC proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-54E
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[画びょう]
KDDI
#137 がびょう 「gabiyou」 U+E56D SJIS-F78A JIS-776A
Softbank
[画びょう]
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)
1f4cc
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4CC
Decimal Code Point(s)
128204
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0x8C
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 8C
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 214
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCCC
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddccc
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56524
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4CC
UTF-32 Hex
01F4CC
UTF-32 Dec
128204
Python Src
u"\U0001F4CC"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\x8c"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCCC"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
