# 🔣 Input symbols emoji

🔣 Input symbols is an emoji in the letters and numbers set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: &, %, ♪ and 〒.

- Emoji: 🔣
- Unicode name: input symbols
- Code points: U+1F523
- Category: Symbols, Letters and numbers
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :symbols:
- Keywords: &, %, ♪, 〒, input, symbols
- Page: https://emojichart.com/input-symbols-emoji

## What it means

A button holding assorted symbols such as an ampersand, a percent sign and a music note, the input symbol for special characters. People use it for symbols and punctuation, and for censored swearing, where a jumble of symbols stands in for a curse word.

## How to type 🔣

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | símbolos | 〒♪&%, símbolos |
| Français (fr) | saisie de symboles | saisie, saisie de symboles, symboles |
| Deutsch (de) | Eingabesymbol Sonderzeichen | &, %, ♪, 〒, Eingabe, Eingabesymbol, keycap, Sonderzeichen, Symbol, Tastenkappe |
| Italiano (it) | pulsante con simboli | inserire, pulsante con simboli, simboli, tastiera, tastierino simboli |
| Português (pt) | símbolos | 〒♪&%, digitação, inserir símbolos, símbolos |
| Nederlands (nl) | symbolen | &, %, ♪, 〒, invoeren, symbolen |
| Svenska (sv) | specialtecken | specialtecken, symboler |
| Polski (pl) | symbole | pisać, symbole, wprowadzać, znaki |
| Türkçe (tr) | işaretler | işaret girişi, işaretler |
| Русский (ru) | ввод символов | ввод, ввод символов, символы |
| Українська (uk) | введення символів | &, %, ♪, 〒, ввід, набір, символи |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σύμβολα | 〒♪&%, εισαγωγή, σύμβολα |
| العربية (ar) | رموز | &٪, ادخال, اشارة حساب, رمز, رموز, رموز إدخال, زر |
| עברית (he) | לחצן סמלים | הזנה, לחצן סמלים, סימנים, סמלים, קלט |
| فارسی (fa) | ورودی نماد | نمادها, ورودی, ورودی نماد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | इनपुट चिह्न | 〒♪&%, इनपुट, इनपुट प्रतीक, चिह्न |
| বাংলা (bn) | ইনপুট চিহ্ন | &, %, ♪, 〒, ইনপুট, চিহ্ন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | masukan simbol | &, %, ♪, 〒, lambang, masukan, simbol, tanda |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nhập biểu tượng | 〒♪&%, nhập, nhập biểu tượng |
| ไทย (th) | สัญลักษณ์ | เครื่องหมาย, สัญลักษณ์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 記号の入力 | 〒♪&%, 入力, 記号, 記号の入力 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 기호 | 〒♪&%, 기호, 입력 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 输入符号 | 字符, 打字, 符号, 输入符号 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 符號鍵 | 符號鍵, 輸入, 輸入符號 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): invoersimbole
- Akan (ak): input ahyɛnsodeɛ
- Albanian (sq): fut simbole
- Amharic (am): የግቤት ምልክቶች
- Armenian (hy): նշանների ներածում
- Assamese (as): চিহ্ন দিয়ক
- Azerbaijani (az): daxiletmə simvolları
- Bashkir (ba): символдарҙы индереү
- Basque (eu): ikurrak
- Belarusian (be): увод сімвалаў
- Bosnian (bs): unos simbola
- Breton (br): bizskriv arouezioù
- Bulgarian (bg): въвеждане на символи
- Burmese (my): သင်္ကေတများ ထည့်ရန်
- Cantonese (yue): 輸入符號
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 输入符号
- Catalan (ca): botó de símbols
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎦᏘᏅᏗᏍᏗ ᏚᏙᏪᎸᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 符號輸入
- Chuvash (cv): символсене кӗртни
- Croatian (hr): unos simbola
- Czech (cs): zadávání symbolů
- Danish (da): symboler
- Estonian (et): sümbolid
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): introdução de símbolos
- Faroese (fo): symbol
- Filipino (fil): input na mga simbolo
- Finnish (fi): syötä merkkejä
- Galician (gl): símbolos
- Georgian (ka): სიმბოლოების შეყვანა
- Gujarati (gu): પ્રતીકો ઇનપુટ કરો
- Hausa (ha): shigarwar alamomi
- Hungarian (hu): szimbólumok bevitele
- Icelandic (is): tákn
- Igbo (ig): tinye akara gasị
- Irish (ga): siombailí ionchuir
- Javanese (jv): lebokake simbol
- Kalaallisut (kl): symboler
- Kannada (kn): ಇನ್‌ಪುಟ್ ಚಿಹ್ನೆಗಳು
- Kazakh (kk): белгілерді енгізу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بەلگىلەردى ەنگىزۋ
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងបញ្ចូលសញ្ញា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ibimenyetso byinjizwa
- Konkani (kok): इनपूट चिन्नां
- Kyrgyz (ky): символдорду киргизүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Rokib’al taq Etal
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມປ້ອນສັນຍາລັກ
- Latvian (lv): simboli
- Lithuanian (lt): įvesties simboliai
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): zapódawański symbol wósebne znamuška
- Luxembourgish (lb): Symbolereingab
- Macedonian (mk): симболи
- Malay (ms): simbol input
- Malayalam (ml): ഇൻപുട്ട് അടയാളങ്ങൾ
- Maltese (mt): simboli tal-input
- Marathi (mr): इनपुट चिन्हे
- Mongolian (mn): дүрс тэмдгийн оролт
- Māori (mi): tāuru tohu
- Nepali (ne): संकेतहरू राख्न
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pút Sain-dẹm
- Northern Sotho (nso): go tsenya maswao
- Norwegian (no): symboler
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): symbol
- Odia (or): ଇନପୁଟ୍‌ ସଙ୍କେତଗୁଡ଼ିକ
- Oromo (om): mallattoolee galchi
- Pashto (ps): شاملتوب سمبولونه
- Punjabi (pa): ਇਨਪੁੱਟ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): علامتاں ان پٹ کرو
- Quechua (qu): unanchakuna yaykuy
- Romanian (ro): introducere simboluri
- Romansh (rm): buttun cun simbols
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ion-chur shamhlaichean
- Serbian (sr): унос симбола
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): unos simbola
- Shan (shn): သႂ်ႇတူဝ်မၢႆ
- Sindhi (sd): انپٽ نشانيون
- Sinhala (si): සංකේත ආදානය
- Slovak (sk): zadávanie symbolov
- Slovenian (sl): vnos simbolov
- Somali (so): geli calaamado
- Swahili (sw): weka alama
- Tajik (tg): аломатҳои вуруд
- Tamil (ta): குறியீடுகள்
- Telugu (te): ఇన్‌పుట్ గుర్తులు
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣርማታት ኣእቱ
- Tongan (to): hū fakaʻilonga pē
- Tswana (tn): matshwao a tsenyoteng
- Turkmen (tk): simwol girizme
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zapodaj symbole
- Urdu (ur): ان پٹ علامات
- Uyghur (ug): بەلگە كىرگۈزۈش
- Uzbek (uz): belgi kiritish
- Welsh (cy): mewnbwn symbylau
- Wolof (wo): màndargay mbind
- Xhosa (xh): iisimboli zongeniso
- Yoruba (yo): ṣafikun awọn àmì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): shafikun awɔn àmì
- Zulu (zu): izimpawu ezifakiwe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F523` |
| HTML | `🔣` |
| CSS | `\1F523` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F523}` |
| Python | `\U0001F523` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 94 A3` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD23` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%94%A3` |

## Questions

### What does the 🔣 input symbols emoji mean?

A button holding assorted symbols such as an ampersand, a percent sign and a music note, the input symbol for special characters. People use it for symbols and punctuation, and for censored swearing, where a jumble of symbols stands in for a curse word.

### How do I type the 🔣 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “input symbols”. 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 :symbols:.

### When was the 🔣 emoji added?

🔣 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F523. In HTML you can write 🔣, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F523}.

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