The small blue diamond is the minimalist bling of emoji: a tiny, tilted rhombus that says “bullet point, but make it couture.” It’s perfect for clean separators in bios, captions, or playlists, and for color-coding vibes—cool, calm, and a little icy. People drop it between thoughts for tidy aesthetics, use it to rank items without sounding bossy, or sprinkle a few for that subtle sparkle that doesn’t scream glitter. It can read as chill confidence, quiet flex, or a tasteful nod to “rare gem” energy without posting an actual gemstone.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a petite diamond turned 45 degrees, with a glossy gradient—lighter aqua highlight toward the top-left and deeper royal blue toward the bottom-right—crisp edges, and that unmistakable polished Apple sheen. It’s noticeably smaller than the Large Blue Diamond, so it feels more like a delicate accent than the main event. Line a row of them and you’ve got instant early-2000s forum divider nostalgia, but make it modern. Think Tumblr header breaks, Discord list bullets, or a tidy Twitter/X bio glow-up.
Culturally, it thrives in “PowerPoint-core” and Notion aesthetics, K-pop stan tracklists, studygram schedules, and any post where your inner organizer meets your inner magpie. It’s used ironically to add fake drama (“ANNOUNCEMENT ◇ not that serious”), flirtatiously as a low-key ‘you’re a gem’ nod, or to channel “ice in my veins” without the actual snowflake. Basically, when you want sparkle with manners, this little blue lozenge delivers.
Definition
Exactly what it looks like, a small blue diamond shape that can be used in many ways. The more creative people like to use this and other color shape emoji to form a larger picture, such as a flag. The color blue. Used to add color or emphasis to communication.
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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)
430 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
:small_blue_diamond:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Geometric Shapes
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Geometric Shapes
Names & Annotations
SMALL BLUE DIAMOND Old name: SMALL DIAMOND-2 Temporary Notes: Small diamond (blue). Design Note: Same basic shape as ⬩ U+2B29 BLACK SMALL DIAMOND
Symbol Information
U+1F539 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B76
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
◆
KDDI
#20 小菱形２ U+E537 SJIS-F753 JIS-7734
Softbank
#464 #old207 ボタン３ 「botan３」 U+E21B SJIS-F7BB
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)
1f539
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F539
Decimal Code Point(s)
128313
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xB9
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 B9
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 271
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD39
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd39
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56633
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F539
UTF-32 Hex
01F539
UTF-32 Dec
128313
Python Src
u"\U0001F539"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\xb9"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD39"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
