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🔑U+1F511

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
Category
Objects, Locks
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F511
Shortcode
:key:
Keywords
key, keys, lock, major, password, unlock

How it looks

🔑
Your device
Key emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Key emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Key emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

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

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolllavecontraseña, llave
Françaiscléclé, mot de passe, ouvrir, serrure
DeutschSchlüsselPasswort, schließen, Schlüssel
Italianochiavecasa, chiave, lucchetto, password, segreto, sicuro
Portuguêschavechave, senha, trancado, trancar
Nederlandssleutelbeveiligd, op slot, openen, sleutel, wachtwoord
Svenskanyckellösenord, nyckel
Polskikluczhasło, klucz, zamek, zamknąć
Türkçeanahtaranahtar, kilit, parola, şifre
Русскийключзакрыть, ключ, открыть, пароль
Українськаключключ, пароль
Ελληνικάκλειδίκλειδαριά, κλειδί, κλειδώνω, κωδικός πρόσβασης, ξεκλειδώνω
العربيةمفتاحفتح, قفل, قفل اساسي, كلمة سر, كلمة مرور, مفتاح
עבריתמפתחלנעול, מפתח, סיסמה, רמז
فارسیکلیدقفل, کلید, گذرواژه
हिन्दीचाबीचाबी, ताला, पासवर्ड
বাংলাচাবিচাবি, তালা, পাসওয়ার্ড
Bahasa Indonesiakuncibuka kunci, kata sandi, kunci, sandi
Tiếng Việtchìa khóachìa khóa, khóa, mật khẩu
ไทยกุญแจกุญแจ, คีย์, รหัสผ่าน, ล็อก, ล็อค
日本語鍵キー, パスワード, 鍵, 開錠
한국어열쇠열쇠, 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
Afrikaanssleutel
Akansafoa
Albaniançelës
Amharicቁልፍ
Armenianբանալի
Assameseচাবি
Azerbaijaniaçar
Bashkirасҡыс
Basquegiltza
Belarusianключ
Bosnianključ
Bretonalcʼhwez
Bulgarianключ
Burmeseသော့
Cantonese鎖匙
Cantonese (Simplified)锁匙
Catalanclau
CherokeeᏍᏚᎢᏍᏗ
Chuvashклавиш
Croatianključ
Czechklíč
Danishnøgle
Estonianvõti
Faroeselykil
Filipinosusi
Finnishavain
Galicianchave
Georgianგასაღები
Gujaratiચાવી
Hausamakulli
Hungariankulcs
Icelandiclykill
Igboọtụgwo
Irisheochair
Javanesekunci
Kalaallisutnøgle
Kannadaಕೀ
Kazakhкілт
Kazakh (Arabic)كىلت
Khmerសោ
Kinyarwandaurufunguzo
Konkaniचावी
Kyrgyzачкыч
KʼicheʼLawe
Laoລູກກະແຈ
Latvianatslēga
Lithuanianraktas
Lower Sorbiankluc
LuxembourgishSchlëssel
Macedonianклуч
Malaykunci
Malayalamതാക്കോൽ
Malteseċavetta
Marathiचावी
Mongolianтүлхүүр
Māorikī
Nepaliसाँचो
Nigerian PidginKii
Northern Sothokhii
Norwegiannøkkel
Odiaଚାବି
Oromofurtuu
Pashtoکیلي
Punjabiਕੁੰਜੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)کلید
Quechuakichana
Romaniancheie
Romanshclav
Sardiniancrae
Scottish Gaeliciuchair
Serbianкључ
Serbian (Latin)ključ
Shanၵၢၵ်ႇသေႃး
Sindhiچاٻي
Sinhalaයතුර
Slovakkľúč
Slovenianključ
Somalifure
Swahiliufunguo
Tajikкалид
Tamilசாவி
Teluguతాళం చెవి
Tigrinyaመፍትሕ
Tongankī
Tswanasenotlolo
Turkmenaçar
Upper Sorbiankluč
Urduچابی
Uyghurئاچقۇچ
Uzbekkalit
Welshallwedd
Wolofcaabi
Xhosaiqhosha
Yorubakọ́kọ́rọ́
Yoruba (Benin)kɔ́kɔ́rɔ́
Zuluukhiye

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}.

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