📚U+1F4DA
Books emoji
Piled high, a stack of books signals studying, reading, libraries and schoolwork. Book recommendations, homework, research and reading lists often use it, as does anyone hinting that someone is well read.
- Unicode name
- books
- Category
- Objects, Books and paper
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+1F4DA
- Shortcode
:books:- Keywords
- book, books, education, fantasy, knowledge, library, novels, reading, school, study
How it looks
How to type 📚
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “books”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “books”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “books”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “books”.
- GitHub
- Type :books: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | libros | libro, libros |
| Français | livres | apprendre, bibliothèque, école, enseignement, étudier, lecture, lire, littérature, livres, manuels scolaires, roman, savoir |
| Deutsch | Bücherstapel | Bücher, Bücherstapel, Fantasie, lesen, Roman |
| Italiano | libri | biblioteca, compiti, doposcuola, leggere, libreria, libri, pila di libri, quaderni, romanzi, scuola, studiare, università |
| Português | livros | biblioteca, estudando, estudar, leitura, lendo, ler, livraria, livro, livros |
| Nederlands | boeken | boek, boeken, educatie, kennis, lezen, onderwijs, opleiding, school |
| Svenska | böcker | böcker, bok |
| Polski | książki | biblioteka, czytać, książka, książki, nauka |
| Türkçe | kitaplar | kitap, kitaplar |
| Русский | книги | библиотека, книги, книжки, много книг, сессия, стопка, стопка книг, учить, читать, экзамен |
| Українська | книги | бібліотека, книгарня, книги, книжка, книжки |
| Ελληνικά | βιβλία | βιβλία, βιβλίο, βιβλιοθήκη, γνώση, διάβασμα, μελέτη, μόρφωση, νουβέλες, σχολείο, φαντασία |
| العربية | كتب | امتحانات, تعليم, جامعة, دراسة, درس, قراءة, كتاب, كتب, مدرسة, معرفة, وظيفية |
| עברית | ספרים | לימודים, ספר, ספרים, קריאה |
| فارسی | چند کتاب | چند کتاب, کتاب |
| हिन्दी | किताबें | किताबें, पुस्तक |
| বাংলা | বই | বই |
| Bahasa Indonesia | buku | bahan pelajaran, buku, cerita, pengetahuan |
| Tiếng Việt | sách | đọc, học tập, sách, thư viện, tri thức, trường học |
| ไทย | หนังสือ | จด, หนังสือ |
| 日本語 | 本の山 | 勉強, 学校, 小説, 書籍, 本, 本の山, 読書 |
| 한국어 | 책 여러 권 | 공부, 교육, 도서관, 독서, 소설, 지식, 책, 책 여러 권, 판타지, 학교 |
| 中文（简体） | 书 | 书, 书本, 书籍, 图书, 图书馆, 学习, 学校, 小说, 教育, 知识, 阅读 |
| 中文（繁體） | 書本 | 書, 書本, 書籍 |
Names in 97 more languages
| Afrikaans | boeke |
|---|---|
| Akan | nwoma ahodoͻ |
| Albanian | libra |
| Amharic | መጽሐፍት |
| Armenian | գրքեր |
| Assamese | কিতাপসমূহ |
| Azerbaijani | kitablar |
| Bashkir | китаптар |
| Basque | liburuak |
| Belarusian | кнігі |
| Bosnian | knjige |
| Breton | levrioù |
| Bulgarian | книги |
| Burmese | စာအုပ်များ |
| Cantonese | 書 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 书 |
| Catalan | llibres |
| Cherokee | ᏗᎪᏪᎵ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 一疊書 |
| Chuvash | кӗнеке |
| Croatian | knjige |
| Czech | knihy |
| Danish | bøger |
| Estonian | raamatud |
| Faroese | bøkur |
| Filipino | mga aklat |
| Finnish | kirjoja |
| Galician | libros |
| Georgian | წიგნები |
| Gujarati | પુસ્તકો |
| Hausa | littattafai |
| Hungarian | könyvek |
| Icelandic | bækur |
| Igbo | akwukwọ gasị |
| Irish | leabhair |
| Javanese | buku-buku |
| Kalaallisut | bøger |
| Kannada | ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು |
| Kazakh | кітаптар |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | كىتاپتار |
| Khmer | សៀវភៅបីត្រួតលើគ្នា |
| Kinyarwanda | ibitabo |
| Konkani | पुस्तकां |
| Kyrgyz | китептер |
| Kʼicheʼ | Taq wuj |
| Lao | ປື້ມຫຼາຍຫົວ |
| Latvian | grāmatas |
| Lithuanian | knygos |
| Lower Sorbian | knigły |
| Luxembourgish | Bicher |
| Macedonian | книги |
| Malay | buku |
| Malayalam | പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ |
| Maltese | kotba |
| Marathi | पुस्तके |
| Mongolian | ном |
| Māori | ngā pukapuka |
| Nepali | पुस्तकहरू |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Buk-dẹm |
| Northern Sotho | dipuku |
| Norwegian | bøker |
| Odia | ବହିଗୁଡ଼ିକ |
| Oromo | kitaabilee |
| Pashto | کتابونه |
| Punjabi | ਕਿਤਾਬਾਂ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | کتاباں |
| Quechua | pʼanqakuna |
| Romanian | cărți |
| Romansh | cudeschs |
| Sardinian | libros |
| Scottish Gaelic | leabhraichean |
| Serbian | књиге |
| Serbian (Latin) | knjige |
| Shan | ပပ်ႉ |
| Sindhi | ڪتابون |
| Sinhala | පොත් |
| Slovak | knihy |
| Slovenian | knjige |
| Somali | buugaag |
| Swahili | vitabu |
| Tajik | китобҳо |
| Tamil | புத்தகங்கள் |
| Telugu | పుస్తకాలు |
| Tigrinya | መጻሕፍቲ |
| Tongan | ʻū tohi |
| Tswana | dibuka |
| Turkmen | kitaplar |
| Upper Sorbian | knihi |
| Urdu | کتابیں |
| Uyghur | كىتابلار |
| Uzbek | kitoblar |
| Welsh | llyfrau |
| Wolof | téere yi |
| Xhosa | iincwadi |
| Yoruba | àwọn ìwé |
| Yoruba (Benin) | àwɔn ìwé |
| Zulu | izincwadi |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F4DA- HTML
📚- CSS
\1F4DA- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F4DA}- Python
\U0001F4DA- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 93 9A- UTF-16
D83D DCDA- URL encoded
%F0%9F%93%9A
Questions
What does the 📚 books emoji mean?
Piled high, a stack of books signals studying, reading, libraries and schoolwork. Book recommendations, homework, research and reading lists often use it, as does anyone hinting that someone is well read.
How do I type the 📚 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “books”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :books:.
When was the 📚 emoji added?
📚 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for 📚?
U+1F4DA. In HTML you can write 📚, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4DA}.