The link emoji is your tiny, shiny shorthand for “here’s the URL,” “check my bio,” or “we’re connected.” It pops up when someone begs for the sauce (source, please), when creators tease “link in bio,” and when friends flex that they’re “linked up” or tight like chainmail. It also shows up as a playful reply to “link?”—some trolls will drop just the emoji with zero context, which is equal parts savage and hilarious. Bonus pun: gamers can’t resist cracking a Legend of Zelda joke—no, not that Link, but nice try hero of Hyrule.
On Apple devices, the emoji looks like two chunky, silver-gray metal chain links interlocked at a clean diagonal, with glossy highlights and beveled edges that make it feel 3D and almost touchable. The ovals are thick, slightly rounded, and shaded so they gleam like polished steel—basically hardware-store chic. People often pair it with 🔒 to suggest locked-in plans, with ⛓️ for heavy-chain vibes, or with 📎 when talking attachments and docs. It’s equally at home in DMs, tweets, and captions for thread linking, bio drops, and all those “full receipts below” moments.
Definition
A link symbol or chain link. A link is formed when two round are attached through their centers. Used as a website address icon link. This emoji represents an bond, potentially unbreakable, between two people. An inextricable link. Often mistaken for a paperclip.
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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)
198 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
:link:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Link Symbol
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
LINK SYMBOL Temporary Notes: Disunified from ♾ U+267E PERMANENT PAPER SIGN; Link with a twist
Symbol Information
U+1F517 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B4B
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[リンク]
KDDI
#164 リンク 「rinku」 U+E58A SJIS-F7A7 JIS-7829
Softbank
[リンク]
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)
1f517
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F517
Decimal Code Point(s)
128279
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x97
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 97
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 227
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD17
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd17
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56599
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F517
UTF-32 Hex
01F517
UTF-32 Dec
128279
Python Src
u"\U0001F517"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\x97"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD17"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
