# 📕 Closed book emoji

📕 Closed book is an emoji in the books and paper set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: education.

- Emoji: 📕
- Unicode name: closed book
- Code points: U+1F4D5
- Category: Objects, Books and paper
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :closed_book:
- Keywords: book, closed, education
- Page: https://emojichart.com/closed-book-emoji

## What it means

Usually drawn with a red cover, this closed hardcover book signals reading, studying and textbooks. Expect it in posts about school, libraries, literature and book recommendations.

## How to type 📕

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “closed book”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “closed book”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “closed book”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “closed book”.
- GitHub: Type :closed_book: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | libro cerrado | cerrado, libro |
| Français (fr) | livre fermé | apprendre, école, enseignement, lire, littérature, livre, livre fermé, livre rouge, manuel scolaire, savoir |
| Deutsch (de) | geschlossenes Buch | Buch, geschlossen, geschlossenes Buch, Geschlossenes Buch |
| Italiano (it) | libro chiuso | biblioteca, istruzione, leggere, libreria, libro, libro chiuso, rosso, scuola, studiare, università |
| Português (pt) | livro fechado | apostila, fechado, livro |
| Nederlands (nl) | gesloten boek | bibliotheek, boek, educatie, gesloten, lezen, onderwijs |
| Svenska (sv) | stängd bok | bok, stängd bok |
| Polski (pl) | zamknięta książka | książka, zamknięta |
| Türkçe (tr) | kapalı kitap | kapalı kitap, kitap, kırmızı kitap |
| Русский (ru) | закрытая книга | закрытая, закрыть, захлопнутая, захлопнуть, книга, книжка, красивая обложка, обложка |
| Українська (uk) | закрита книга | журнал, закрита, закрита книга, книжка, червона книга, червоний підручник |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κλειστό βιβλίο | βιβλίο, εκπαίδευση, κλειστό |
| العربية (ar) | كتاب مغلق | تعليم, ثقافة, دراسة, كتاب, كتاب مغلق, مكتبة |
| עברית (he) | ספר סגור | לימודים, סגור, ספר |
| فارسی (fa) | کتاب بسته | بسته, کتاب |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बंद किताब | पुस्तक, बंद किताब |
| বাংলা (bn) | বন্ধ বই | পড়াশুনা, বই, বই বন্ধ করা, বন্ধ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | buku tertutup | buku, merah, pelajaran, perpustakaan, tertutup |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | sách đóng | đóng, giáo dục, sách |
| ไทย (th) | หนังสือปิด | หนังสือ, หนังสือปิด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 閉じた本 | 書籍, 本, 赤い本, 閉じた本 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 펼치지 않은 책 | 교육, 도서, 책, 펼치지 않은 책 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 合上的书本 | 书, 书本, 书本合起, 合上, 合上的书本 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 合起來的書本 | 合起來的書本, 書本 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): geslote boek
- Akan (ak): nwoma a emu ato
- Albanian (sq): libër i mbyllur
- Amharic (am): የተዘጋ መጽሐፍ
- Armenian (hy): փակ գիրք
- Assamese (as): বন্ধ কিতাপ
- Azerbaijani (az): bağlı kitab
- Bashkir (ba): ябыҡ китап
- Basque (eu): liburu itxia
- Belarusian (be): закрытая кніга
- Bosnian (bs): zatvorena knjiga
- Breton (br): levr serr
- Bulgarian (bg): затворена книга
- Burmese (my): ပိတ်ထားသည့် စာအုပ်
- Cantonese (yue): 閂埋左嘅書
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 闩埋左嘅书
- Catalan (ca): llibre tancat
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᏚᎲ ᎪᏪᎵ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 閂埋嘅書
- Chuvash (cv): хупнӑ кӗнеке
- Croatian (hr): zatvorena knjiga
- Czech (cs): zavřená kniha
- Danish (da): lukket bog
- Estonian (et): suletud raamat
- Faroese (fo): afturlatin bók
- Filipino (fil): nakasarang aklat
- Finnish (fi): suljettu kirja
- Galician (gl): libro pechado
- Georgian (ka): დახურული წიგნი
- Gujarati (gu): બંધ પુસ્તક
- Hausa (ha): rufaffen littafi
- Hungarian (hu): becsukott könyv
- Icelandic (is): lokuð bók
- Igbo (ig): akwukwọ emechiri
- Irish (ga): leabhar dúnta
- Javanese (jv): tutup buku
- Kalaallisut (kl): lukket bog
- Kannada (kn): ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ ಪುಸ್ತಕ
- Kazakh (kk): жабық кітап
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جابىق كىتاپ
- Khmer (km): សៀវភៅបិទ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): igitabo gifunze
- Konkani (kok): धांपिल्लें पुस्तक
- Kyrgyz (ky): жабык китеп
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tz’apital wuj
- Lao (lo): ປື້ມທີ່ປິດຢູ່
- Latvian (lv): aizvērta grāmata
- Lithuanian (lt): užversta knyga
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): zacynjone knigły
- Luxembourgish (lb): zouent Buch
- Macedonian (mk): затворена книга
- Malay (ms): buku tertutup
- Malayalam (ml): അടഞ്ഞ പുസ്‌തകം
- Maltese (mt): ktieb magħluq
- Marathi (mr): बंद पुस्तक
- Mongolian (mn): хаалттай ном
- Māori (mi): pukapuka kopi
- Nepali (ne): बन्द गरेको पुस्तक
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Klózd Buk
- Northern Sotho (nso): puku e tswaletšwego
- Norwegian (no): lukket bok
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): lukka bok
- Odia (or): ବନ୍ଦ ଥିବା ବହି
- Oromo (om): kitaaba cufaa
- Pashto (ps): بند کتاب
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੰਦ ਕਿਤਾਬ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بند کیتی کتاب
- Quechua (qu): wichqasqa pʼanqa
- Romanian (ro): carte închisă
- Romansh (rm): cudesch serrà
- Sardinian (sc): libru serradu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): leabhar dùinte
- Serbian (sr): затворена књига
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zatvorena knjiga
- Shan (shn): ပပ်ႉဢၼ်ဢိုတ်းဝႆႉ
- Sindhi (sd): بند ڪتاب
- Sinhala (si): වැසූ පොත
- Slovak (sk): zatvorená kniha
- Slovenian (sl): zaprta knjiga
- Somali (so): buug xidhan
- Swahili (sw): kitabu kilichofungwa
- Tajik (tg): китоби пӯшида
- Tamil (ta): மூடிய புத்தகம்
- Telugu (te): మూసిన పుస్తకం
- Tigrinya (ti): ዕጹው መጽሓፍ
- Tongan (to): tohi mapuni
- Tswana (tn): buka e e tswetsweng
- Turkmen (tk): ýapyk kitap
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): začinjena kniha
- Urdu (ur): بند کتاب
- Uyghur (ug): يېپىق كىتاب
- Uzbek (uz): yopiq kitob
- Welsh (cy): llyfr ynghau
- Wolof (wo): téere bu tëju
- Xhosa (xh): incwadi evaliweyo
- Yoruba (yo): ìwé tó padé
- Zulu (zu): incwadi evaliwe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4D5` |
| HTML | `📕` |
| CSS | `\1F4D5` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4D5}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4D5` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 95` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCD5` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%95` |

## Questions

### What does the 📕 closed book emoji mean?

Usually drawn with a red cover, this closed hardcover book signals reading, studying and textbooks. Expect it in posts about school, libraries, literature and book recommendations.

### How do I type the 📕 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “closed book”. 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 :closed_book:.

### When was the 📕 emoji added?

📕 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 📕?

U+1F4D5. In HTML you can write 📕, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4D5}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/closed-book-emoji