The bookmark tabs emoji is the digital spirit animal of Type A organization: a compact notebook with color-coded dividers peeking out like tiny flags saying, “I’ve got receipts.” On Apple/iOS, it appears as a clean, white or light notebook viewed at a slight angle, with three bright tabs (usually primary colors) along the edge and soft shading for that glossy, stationery-aisle look. It screams binder dividers, study sessions, and that one classmate who owned an entire rainbow of highlighters. IRL, it evokes school-supplies season, Avery index tabs, and the joy of labeling everything within arm’s reach.
Online, people drop this emoji to say “saving this for later,” “filing under important,” or, in drama-mode, “collecting receipts.” It fits perfectly under a research thread, a how-to tweet, or a life hack you swear you’ll revisit at 2 a.m. Some use it ironically—like pretending to be organized while living in tab-chaos with 87 open browser windows. It can read studious, productivity-core, or even a little petty when you’re archiving screenshots for the group chat. Think of it as the tidy cousin of the browser-tab meme: less chaos, more color-coded calm.
Definition
Bookmark tabs are sticky pieces of paper or plastic that can be attached to a book or piece of paper for easy reference. The tabs stick outside the book and can come in many colors. The tabs are used to open a book to a marked location, such as a favorite chapter or often referenced section. Can also be used to quickly identify where a person needs to sign a packet of papers: TPS Reports, mortgage papers, or loan documents. This emoji is used when work is involved.
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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)
1204 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
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LG Emoji Picture
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Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:bookmark_tabs:
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
BOOKMARK TABS
Symbol Information
U+1F4D1 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-552
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#76 'Memo' メモ 「memo」 U+E689 SJIS-F8EA JIS-7946
KDDI
#516 マーク 「maaku」 U+EB0B SJIS-F7E2 JIS-7864
Softbank
#237 #old271 メモ 「memo」 U+E301 SJIS-F9A1
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)
1f4d1
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4D1
Decimal Code Point(s)
128209
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0x91
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 91
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 221
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCD1
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcd1
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56529
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4D1
UTF-32 Hex
01F4D1
UTF-32 Dec
128209
Python Src
u"\U0001F4D1"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\x91"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCD1"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)