People drop this when they want romanized names, subtitles, or lyrics (hello, K‑pop stans), or when giving directions like “Enter the code in ABC, no digits.” It doubles as a punchline for “this is simple stuff”—as in, “It’s ABC‑level easy, bestie.” The vibe flexes: playful (school vibes, alphabet blocks, spelling‑bee energy), passive‑aggressive (“Caption in ABC, not hieroglyphics”), or meta (“Speak in ABC, auto‑translate is crying”).
As a symbol, it’s the go‑to for generic “letters, please,” and you’ll often see it teamed up with its cousins abcd (lowercase), ABCD (uppercase), 1234 (numbers), and the symbols tile. It instantly reads as “type letters, not numbers,” “use the Latin alphabet,” or plain “back to basics.”
Visually, it’s that blue keyboard key shouting “ABC,” the one that suggests your phone just flipped to English/roman letters mode. On Apple devices, think a rounded, glossy blue square with crisp white, all‑caps ABC in a clean sans serif—app‑icon chic meets keyboard button, finished with a subtle, eye‑catching gradient. It’s exactly the tile you picture tapping when your keyboard stops acting up and finally lets you spell your Wi‑Fi password properly.
Definition
A keyboard button with the first three letters of the Latin alphabet: A, B, and C. An input symbol used to switch to an alphabetical keyboard from a numerical keyboard. A symbol for elementary education being that one of the first lessons taught to children in school is the alphabet to lay the foundation for reading and writing. Sort or sorted in alphabetical order. A user interface emoji.
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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)
686 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
:abc:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Input Symbol for Latin Letters
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Input Status Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
UI Input Status Symbols
Names & Annotations
INPUT SYMBOL FOR LATIN LETTERS Old name: LATIN LETTERS INPUT SYMBOL = English input (ABC) Temporary Notes: English (ABC)
Symbol Information
U+1F524 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B80
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ABC]
KDDI
#771 英語「ＡＢＣ」 U+EB55 SJIS-F459 JIS-7B3A
Softbank
[ABC]
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)
1f524
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F524
Decimal Code Point(s)
128292
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xA4
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 A4
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 244
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD24
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd24
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56612
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F524
UTF-32 Hex
01F524
UTF-32 Dec
128292
Python Src
u"\U0001F524"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\xa4"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD24"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
