Key emoji
Golden and old-fashioned, a key signals unlocking, access, passwords and importance. It appears with house or car keys, solutions and key points, and nods to the phrase major key, popularized by DJ Khaled.
- Unicode name
- key
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+1F511
- Shortcode
:key:- Keywords
- key, keys, lock, major, password, unlock
How it looks
How to type 🔑
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “key”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “key”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “key”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “key”.
- GitHub
- Type :key: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | llave | contraseña, llave |
| Français | clé | clé, mot de passe, ouvrir, serrure |
| Deutsch | Schlüssel | Passwort, schließen, Schlüssel |
| Italiano | chiave | casa, chiave, lucchetto, password, segreto, sicuro |
| Português | chave | chave, senha, trancado, trancar |
| Nederlands | sleutel | beveiligd, op slot, openen, sleutel, wachtwoord |
| Svenska | nyckel | lösenord, nyckel |
| Polski | klucz | hasło, klucz, zamek, zamknąć |
| Türkçe | anahtar | anahtar, kilit, parola, şifre |
| Русский | ключ | закрыть, ключ, открыть, пароль |
| Українська | ключ | ключ, пароль |
| Ελληνικά | κλειδί | κλειδαριά, κλειδί, κλειδώνω, κωδικός πρόσβασης, ξεκλειδώνω |
| العربية | مفتاح | فتح, قفل, قفل اساسي, كلمة سر, كلمة مرور, مفتاح |
| עברית | מפתח | לנעול, מפתח, סיסמה, רמז |
| فارسی | کلید | قفل, کلید, گذرواژه |
| हिन्दी | चाबी | चाबी, ताला, पासवर्ड |
| বাংলা | চাবি | চাবি, তালা, পাসওয়ার্ড |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kunci | buka kunci, kata sandi, kunci, sandi |
| Tiếng Việt | chìa khóa | chìa khóa, khóa, mật khẩu |
| ไทย | กุญแจ | กุญแจ, คีย์, รหัสผ่าน, ล็อก, ล็อค |
| 日本語 | 鍵 | キー, パスワード, 鍵, 開錠 |
| 한국어 | 열쇠 | 열쇠, 잠금해제, 중요 열쇠, 패스워드 |
| 中文(简体) | 钥匙 | 密码, 密钥, 开锁, 解锁, 钥匙, 锁 |
| 中文(繁體) | 鑰匙 | 密碼, 解鎖, 鎖, 鑰匙 |
Names in 96 more languages
| Afrikaans | sleutel |
|---|---|
| Akan | safoa |
| Albanian | çelës |
| Amharic | ቁልፍ |
| Armenian | բանալի |
| Assamese | চাবি |
| Azerbaijani | açar |
| Bashkir | асҡыс |
| Basque | giltza |
| Belarusian | ключ |
| Bosnian | ključ |
| Breton | alcʼhwez |
| Bulgarian | ключ |
| Burmese | သော့ |
| Cantonese | 鎖匙 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 锁匙 |
| Catalan | clau |
| Cherokee | ᏍᏚᎢᏍᏗ |
| Chuvash | клавиш |
| Croatian | ključ |
| Czech | klíč |
| Danish | nøgle |
| Estonian | võti |
| Faroese | lykil |
| Filipino | susi |
| Finnish | avain |
| Galician | chave |
| Georgian | გასაღები |
| Gujarati | ચાવી |
| Hausa | makulli |
| Hungarian | kulcs |
| Icelandic | lykill |
| Igbo | ọtụgwo |
| Irish | eochair |
| Javanese | kunci |
| Kalaallisut | nøgle |
| Kannada | ಕೀ |
| Kazakh | кілт |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | كىلت |
| Khmer | សោ |
| Kinyarwanda | urufunguzo |
| Konkani | चावी |
| Kyrgyz | ачкыч |
| Kʼicheʼ | Lawe |
| Lao | ລູກກະແຈ |
| Latvian | atslēga |
| Lithuanian | raktas |
| Lower Sorbian | kluc |
| Luxembourgish | Schlëssel |
| Macedonian | клуч |
| Malay | kunci |
| Malayalam | താക്കോൽ |
| Maltese | ċavetta |
| Marathi | चावी |
| Mongolian | түлхүүр |
| Māori | kī |
| Nepali | साँचो |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Kii |
| Northern Sotho | khii |
| Norwegian | nøkkel |
| Odia | ଚାବି |
| Oromo | furtuu |
| Pashto | کیلي |
| Punjabi | ਕੁੰਜੀ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | کلید |
| Quechua | kichana |
| Romanian | cheie |
| Romansh | clav |
| Sardinian | crae |
| Scottish Gaelic | iuchair |
| Serbian | кључ |
| Serbian (Latin) | ključ |
| Shan | ၵၢၵ်ႇသေႃး |
| Sindhi | چاٻي |
| Sinhala | යතුර |
| Slovak | kľúč |
| Slovenian | ključ |
| Somali | fure |
| Swahili | ufunguo |
| Tajik | калид |
| Tamil | சாவி |
| Telugu | తాళం చెవి |
| Tigrinya | መፍትሕ |
| Tongan | kī |
| Tswana | senotlolo |
| Turkmen | açar |
| Upper Sorbian | kluč |
| Urdu | چابی |
| Uyghur | ئاچقۇچ |
| Uzbek | kalit |
| Welsh | allwedd |
| Wolof | caabi |
| Xhosa | iqhosha |
| Yoruba | kọ́kọ́rọ́ |
| Yoruba (Benin) | kɔ́kɔ́rɔ́ |
| Zulu | ukhiye |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F511- HTML
🔑- CSS
\1F511- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F511}- Python
\U0001F511- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 94 91- UTF-16
D83D DD11- URL encoded
%F0%9F%94%91
Questions
What does the 🔑 key emoji mean?
Golden and old-fashioned, a key signals unlocking, access, passwords and importance. It appears with house or car keys, solutions and key points, and nods to the phrase major key, popularized by DJ Khaled.
How do I type the 🔑 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “key”. 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 :key:.
When was the 🔑 emoji added?
🔑 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for 🔑?
U+1F511. In HTML you can write 🔑, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F511}.