# 🧵 Thread emoji

🧵 Thread is an emoji in the arts and crafts set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: needle, sewing, spool and string.

- Emoji: 🧵
- Unicode name: thread
- Code points: U+1F9F5
- Category: Activities, Arts and crafts
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :thread:
- Keywords: needle, sewing, spool, string, thread
- Page: https://emojichart.com/thread-emoji

## What it means

A spool of thread for sewing. It's used for sewing, stitching and crafts, clothing repairs, and on social media it is widely used to signal that a thread of linked posts follows.

## How to type 🧵

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hilo | aguja, carrete, coser, costura, hilo |
| Français (fr) | bobine de fil | aiguille, bobine, bobine de fil, coudre, couture, ficelle, fil |
| Deutsch (de) | Faden | Faden, Nadel, nähen, Nähen, Nähfaden, Nähgarn, Rolle, Spule, Zwirn |
| Italiano (it) | filo | ago, bobina, corda, cucire, filo, rocchetto, rotolo |
| Português (pt) | carretel | agulha, barbante, carretel, costura, linha |
| Nederlands (nl) | garen | draad, garen, klos, naaien, naald |
| Svenska (sv) | tråd | nål, spole, tråd, trådrulle |
| Polski (pl) | nić | dratwa, igła, nawlekać, nić, nitka, szpulka, szyć, szycie |
| Türkçe (tr) | iplik | dikiş, dikmek, iğne, ip, iplik, kırmızı ip, makara, terzi |
| Русский (ru) | катушка ниток | вышивка, иголка, катушка, катушка ниток, нитки, нить, рукоделие, шить, шитье, штопать |
| Українська (uk) | нитка | голка, жилка, котушка, нитка, пряжа, шиття, шпулька |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κλωστή | βελόνα, καρούλι, κλωστή, ράψιμο, σπάγγος |
| العربية (ar) | بكرة خيط | إبرة, بكرة, حياكة, خياطة, خيط, خيوط, فتلة, مغزل, نسيج |
| עברית (he) | חוט | חוט, מחט, סליל, תפירה |
| فارسی (fa) | نخ | خیاطی, دوخت و دوز, سوزن, قرقره, ماسوره, نخ, نخ و سوزن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | धागा | डोर, धागा, रील, सिलना, सिलाई, सुई |
| বাংলা (bn) | সুতা | তার, দড়ি, নাটাই, রীল, লাটাই, সুতা, সূঁচ, সেলাই, স্ট্রিং |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | benang | benang, gulungan, jahit, jarum, kelos, menjahit, tali |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | sợi chỉ | kim, may, ổng chỉ, sợi chỉ, xâu |
| ไทย (th) | ด้าย | เข็ม, ด้าย, ตัดเย็บ, เย็บผ้า, เส้นด้าย, หลอดด้าย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 糸 | ソーイング, ひも, 糸, 糸巻き, 縫い針, 裁縫 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 실타래 | 뜨개질, 바느질, 바늘, 실, 실타래 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 线 | 卷盘, 线, 线轴, 绳子, 缝纫, 针, 针线 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 線 | 線, 線卷, 線軸, 縫紉, 裁縫, 針, 針線 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): garing
- Akan (ak): ahoma
- Albanian (sq): fije
- Amharic (am): ክር
- Armenian (hy): թել
- Assamese (as): সুতা
- Azerbaijani (az): sap
- Bashkir (ba): еп
- Basque (eu): hari
- Belarusian (be): нітка
- Bosnian (bs): konac
- Breton (br): kanellad neud
- Bulgarian (bg): конец
- Burmese (my): အပ်ချည်
- Cantonese (yue): 繩
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 绳
- Catalan (ca): fil
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᏘ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫип катушки
- Croatian (hr): konac
- Czech (cs): cívka nití
- Danish (da): tråd
- Estonian (et): niit
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): fio
- Faroese (fo): tráður
- Filipino (fil): sinulid
- Finnish (fi): lankarulla
- Galician (gl): fío
- Georgian (ka): ძაფის კოჭა
- Gujarati (gu): દોરો
- Hausa (ha): zare
- Hungarian (hu): cérna
- Icelandic (is): tvinni
- Igbo (ig): eriri
- Irish (ga): snáth
- Javanese (jv): benang
- Kannada (kn): ದಾರ
- Kazakh (kk): жіп
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ءجىپ
- Khmer (km): សរសៃអំបោះ
- Konkani (kok): धागो
- Kyrgyz (ky): жип
- Lao (lo): ເສັ້ນດ້າຍ
- Latvian (lv): pavediens
- Lithuanian (lt): siūlas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nitka
- Macedonian (mk): конец
- Malay (ms): benang
- Malayalam (ml): നൂൽ
- Marathi (mr): धागा
- Mongolian (mn): утас
- Nepali (ne): धागो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Trẹd
- Norwegian (no): tråd
- Odia (or): ସୁତା
- Oromo (om): kirrii
- Pashto (ps): تار
- Punjabi (pa): ਧਾਗਾ
- Quechua (qu): hilo
- Romanian (ro): ață
- Romansh (rm): spol da fil
- Sardinian (sc): filu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): snàithlean
- Serbian (sr): конац
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): konac
- Shan (shn): လေႃႇမႆ
- Sindhi (sd): ڌاڳو
- Sinhala (si): නූල්
- Slovak (sk): cievka nite
- Slovenian (sl): sukanec
- Somali (so): dun
- Swahili (sw): uzi
- Tamil (ta): நூல்
- Telugu (te): దారం
- Tigrinya (ti): ፈትሊ
- Tongan (to): filo
- Turkmen (tk): ýüp
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): nitka
- Urdu (ur): دھاگہ
- Uzbek (uz): g‘altak
- Welsh (cy): edafedd
- Wolof (wo): woñ
- Yoruba (yo): òwú
- Zulu (zu): thread

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9F5` |
| HTML | `🧵` |
| CSS | `\1F9F5` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9F5}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9F5` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 B5` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDF5` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%B5` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧵 thread emoji mean?

A spool of thread for sewing. It's used for sewing, stitching and crafts, clothing repairs, and on social media it is widely used to signal that a thread of linked posts follows.

### How do I type the 🧵 emoji?

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

### When was the 🧵 emoji added?

🧵 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F9F5. In HTML you can write 🧵, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9F5}.

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