On Apple/iOS, it’s a deep red hardcover shown at a slight three-quarter tilt, with cream-edged pages and a blank, title-free cover. Subtle spine ridges and soft shading lend that classic library-shelf realism—basically the sturdy novel you’d judge by the cover anyway. In the rainbow row of books, it’s the unmistakable red volume, easy to spot beside its green, blue, and orange siblings.
Online, it’s tailor-made for BookTok flexes and dark-academia aesthetics, or as a tidy “no spoilers” clapback on a movie thread. In sarcastic mode, it says “we’re done here” or “no tea today.” Used flirtatiously, it winks, “unlock the DLC to learn more.” And during finals, it turns into a running joke: everyone vows to “hit the books,” then drops the closed one like, yep—right after a nap.
Meaning-wise, the closed book is internet shorthand for “I know things, but my lips are sealed.” It straddles both study-core for cram season and hush-mode for secrets, NDAs, and spoiler-free zones. People often toss it in after a rant to slam the door on the convo—case closed, chapter ended, spare us the plot twists. It also doubles as a personality flex: “I’m a closed book” = mysterious main-character energy, the brooding lead of your group chat.
Definition
A closed hard-back book. This emoji could be any book, such as a textbook or a cook book. A fiction (not real) or non-fiction (real) book. The Apple version is red with the text "Vol. 1 by John Appleseed" on the cover. A favorite emoji of book worms everywhere (people that love to read).
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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)
1303 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:closed_book:
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
CLOSED BOOK Old name: VERTICAL CLOSED BOOK Temporary Notes: vertical closed book
Symbol Information
U+1F4D5 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-502
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#70 'Book' 本 U+E683 SJIS-F8E4 JIS-7558
KDDI
#102 本４ U+E568 SJIS-F785 JIS-7765
Softbank
#236 #old162 本 U+E148 SJIS-F789
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)
1f4d5
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4D5
Decimal Code Point(s)
128213
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0x95
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 95
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 225
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCD5
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcd5
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56533
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4D5
UTF-32 Hex
01F4D5
UTF-32 Dec
128213
Python Src
u"\U0001F4D5"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\x95"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCD5"
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