# 🔑 Key emoji

🔑 Key is an emoji in the locks set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: keys, lock, major, password and unlock.

- Emoji: 🔑
- Unicode name: key
- Code points: U+1F511
- Category: Objects, Locks
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :key:
- Keywords: key, keys, lock, major, password, unlock
- Page: https://emojichart.com/key-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | llave | contraseña, llave |
| Français (fr) | clé | clé, mot de passe, ouvrir, serrure |
| Deutsch (de) | Schlüssel | Passwort, schließen, Schlüssel |
| Italiano (it) | chiave | casa, chiave, lucchetto, password, segreto, sicuro |
| Português (pt) | chave | chave, senha, trancado, trancar |
| Nederlands (nl) | sleutel | beveiligd, op slot, openen, sleutel, wachtwoord |
| Svenska (sv) | nyckel | lösenord, nyckel |
| Polski (pl) | klucz | hasło, klucz, zamek, zamknąć |
| Türkçe (tr) | anahtar | anahtar, kilit, parola, şifre |
| Русский (ru) | ключ | закрыть, ключ, открыть, пароль |
| Українська (uk) | ключ | ключ, пароль |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κλειδί | κλειδαριά, κλειδί, κλειδώνω, κωδικός πρόσβασης, ξεκλειδώνω |
| العربية (ar) | مفتاح | فتح, قفل, قفل اساسي, كلمة سر, كلمة مرور, مفتاح |
| עברית (he) | מפתח | לנעול, מפתח, סיסמה, רמז |
| فارسی (fa) | کلید | قفل, کلید, گذرواژه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | चाबी | चाबी, ताला, पासवर्ड |
| বাংলা (bn) | চাবি | চাবি, তালা, পাসওয়ার্ড |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kunci | buka kunci, kata sandi, kunci, sandi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chìa khóa | chìa khóa, khóa, mật khẩu |
| ไทย (th) | กุญแจ | กุญแจ, คีย์, รหัสผ่าน, ล็อก, ล็อค |
| 日本語 (ja) | 鍵 | キー, パスワード, 鍵, 開錠 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 열쇠 | 열쇠, 잠금해제, 중요 열쇠, 패스워드 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 钥匙 | 密码, 密钥, 开锁, 解锁, 钥匙, 锁 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鑰匙 | 密碼, 解鎖, 鎖, 鑰匙 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): sleutel
- Akan (ak): safoa
- Albanian (sq): çelës
- Amharic (am): ቁልፍ
- Armenian (hy): բանալի
- Assamese (as): চাবি
- Azerbaijani (az): açar
- Bashkir (ba): асҡыс
- Basque (eu): giltza
- Belarusian (be): ключ
- Bosnian (bs): ključ
- Breton (br): alcʼhwez
- Bulgarian (bg): ключ
- Burmese (my): သော့
- Cantonese (yue): 鎖匙
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 锁匙
- Catalan (ca): clau
- Cherokee (chr): ᏍᏚᎢᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): клавиш
- Croatian (hr): ključ
- Czech (cs): klíč
- Danish (da): nøgle
- Estonian (et): võti
- Faroese (fo): lykil
- Filipino (fil): susi
- Finnish (fi): avain
- Galician (gl): chave
- Georgian (ka): გასაღები
- Gujarati (gu): ચાવી
- Hausa (ha): makulli
- Hungarian (hu): kulcs
- Icelandic (is): lykill
- Igbo (ig): ọtụgwo
- Irish (ga): eochair
- Javanese (jv): kunci
- Kalaallisut (kl): nøgle
- Kannada (kn): ಕೀ
- Kazakh (kk): кілт
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كىلت
- Khmer (km): សោ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): urufunguzo
- Konkani (kok): चावी
- Kyrgyz (ky): ачкыч
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Lawe
- Lao (lo): ລູກກະແຈ
- Latvian (lv): atslēga
- Lithuanian (lt): raktas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kluc
- Luxembourgish (lb): Schlëssel
- Macedonian (mk): клуч
- Malay (ms): kunci
- Malayalam (ml): താക്കോൽ
- Maltese (mt): ċavetta
- Marathi (mr): चावी
- Mongolian (mn): түлхүүр
- Māori (mi): kī
- Nepali (ne): साँचो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kii
- Northern Sotho (nso): khii
- Norwegian (no): nøkkel
- Odia (or): ଚାବି
- Oromo (om): furtuu
- Pashto (ps): کیلي
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੁੰਜੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کلید
- Quechua (qu): kichana
- Romanian (ro): cheie
- Romansh (rm): clav
- Sardinian (sc): crae
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): iuchair
- Serbian (sr): кључ
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ključ
- Shan (shn): ၵၢၵ်ႇသေႃး
- Sindhi (sd): چاٻي
- Sinhala (si): යතුර
- Slovak (sk): kľúč
- Slovenian (sl): ključ
- Somali (so): fure
- Swahili (sw): ufunguo
- Tajik (tg): калид
- Tamil (ta): சாவி
- Telugu (te): తాళం చెవి
- Tigrinya (ti): መፍትሕ
- Tongan (to): kī
- Tswana (tn): senotlolo
- Turkmen (tk): açar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kluč
- Urdu (ur): چابی
- Uyghur (ug): ئاچقۇچ
- Uzbek (uz): kalit
- Welsh (cy): allwedd
- Wolof (wo): caabi
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha
- Yoruba (yo): kọ́kọ́rọ́
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): kɔ́kɔ́rɔ́
- Zulu (zu): ukhiye

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/key-emoji