# 🧶 Yarn emoji

🧶 Yarn is an emoji in the arts and crafts set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: ball, crochet and knit.

- Emoji: 🧶
- Unicode name: yarn
- Code points: U+1F9F6
- Category: Activities, Arts and crafts
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :yarn:
- Keywords: ball, crochet, knit, yarn
- Page: https://emojichart.com/yarn-emoji

## What it means

A ball of yarn with a loose strand trailing off. People use it for knitting and crochet, handmade crafts, cozy projects, and cats playing with string, as well as for warm, homemade gifts.

## How to type 🧶

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | ovillo | bola, croché, ovillo, punto, tejer |
| Français (fr) | fil | boule, crochet, fil, laine, pelote, tricot |
| Deutsch (de) | Wollknäuel | Ball, Garn, häkeln, Häkeln, spinnen, stricken, Stricken, Wolle, Wollknäuel, Zwirn |
| Italiano (it) | gomitolo | fare la maglia, filo, gomitolo, lavorare a maglia, palla, sferruzzare, uncinetto |
| Português (pt) | novelo | bola, crochê, lã, novelo, tricô, tricotar |
| Nederlands (nl) | wol | bal, bol, breien, draad, haken, wol |
| Svenska (sv) | garn | garn, garnnystan, sticka, virka |
| Polski (pl) | włóczka | dziergać, dzierganie, kłębek, na drutach, przędza, robótki, szydełkować, szydełkowanie, wełna, włóczka |
| Türkçe (tr) | iplik yumağı | ip, iplik yumağı, kedi, kroşe, örgü, örgü ipi, tığ, top, yumak, yün |
| Русский (ru) | клубок | вязание, клубок, клубок ниток, нитки, пряжа |
| Українська (uk) | пряжа | в’язання, клубок, моток, мотузка, нитка, нитки, прядиво, пряжа |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουβάρι | βελονάκι, κουβάρι, μπάλα, νήμα, πλεκτό, πλέκω |
| العربية (ar) | خيط حياكة | أشغال يدوية, أعمال يدوية, إبرة وفتلة, حياكة, خياطة, خيط, دوبار, دوبارة, شَلة صوف, صنارة, صوف, غرزة, غزْل, فتلة, كرة, كروشيه, لفة صوف, نسيج, يدوي |
| עברית (he) | צמר | כדור צמר, סריגה, צמר, קרושה |
| فارسی (fa) | نخ بافندگی | بافتن, بافتنی, بافندگی, توپ, ریسمان, قلاب بافی, قلاب‌بافی, کاموا, گلوله نخ, نخ بافندگی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सूत | ऊन, क्रोशिया, गेंद, गोला, धागा, निटिंग, बुन, बुनना, बुनाई, भेड, सरदी, सर्दियाँ, सर्दी, सूत, स्वेटर |
| বাংলা (bn) | সুতো | উলের সুতো, কুরুশশিল্প, ক্রোশেই, বয়ন, বল, বুনা, বোনা, সুতা, সুতার পুটলি, সুতো, হস্তশিল্প |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | gulungan benang | benang, bola, crochet, menyulam, merajut, rajut, sulam |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | sợi | cuộn, cuộn len, đan, đan bằng kim móc, sợi |
| ไทย (th) | ไหมพรม | ก้อนไหมพรม, โครเชต์, ด้าย, ถัก, ไหม, ไหมพรม |
| 日本語 (ja) | 毛糸 | かぎ針, ニット, 毛糸, 毛糸玉, 編み物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 실뭉치 | 공, 니트, 뜨개질, 실뭉치, 코바늘 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 毛线 | 毛线, 毛线球, 线球, 编织, 钩针编织 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 毛線球 | 毛線, 毛線球, 球, 編織, 織, 針織, 鉤針, 鉤針編織 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wol
- Akan (ak): anwenehoma
- Albanian (sq): fill
- Amharic (am): የስፌት ክር
- Armenian (hy): մանվածք
- Assamese (as): ৰচি
- Azerbaijani (az): iplik
- Bashkir (ba): йөн йомғағы
- Basque (eu): harilko
- Belarusian (be): пража
- Bosnian (bs): predivo
- Breton (br): pellenn neud
- Bulgarian (bg): прежда
- Burmese (my): ချည်ခင်
- Cantonese (yue): 冷球
- Catalan (ca): llana
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏩᏂ ᎠᏍᏘ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 毛冷
- Chuvash (cv): ҫӑмха
- Croatian (hr): klupko vune
- Czech (cs): klubíčko
- Danish (da): garn
- Estonian (et): lõng
- Faroese (fo): tógv
- Filipino (fil): yarn
- Finnish (fi): lankakerä
- Galician (gl): nobelo
- Georgian (ka): ძაფის გორგალი
- Gujarati (gu): સૂતર
- Hausa (ha): ƙwallon zare
- Hungarian (hu): fonál
- Icelandic (is): garn
- Igbo (ig): eriri owu
- Irish (ga): abhras
- Javanese (jv): bolah
- Kannada (kn): ನೂಲು
- Kazakh (kk): иірімжіп
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ءيىرىمجىپ
- Khmer (km): ដុំសរសៃអំបោះ
- Konkani (kok): दोर
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийрилген жип
- Lao (lo): ກໍ້ດ້າຍ
- Latvian (lv): dzija
- Lithuanian (lt): siūlų kamuolys
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kłubašk wałmy
- Macedonian (mk): предиво
- Malay (ms): yarn
- Malayalam (ml): ചണം
- Marathi (mr): यार्न
- Mongolian (mn): нэхмэлийн утас
- Nepali (ne): कातेको धागो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Tred Wé Dẹm De Ték Mék Klọt
- Norwegian (no): garn
- Odia (or): କ୍ରକେଟ୍‌
- Oromo (om): maraa kirrii
- Pashto (ps): مزی
- Punjabi (pa): ਊਨੀ ਧਾਗਾ
- Quechua (qu): watu
- Romanian (ro): fir textil
- Romansh (rm): chanè da launa
- Sardinian (sc): gròmuru
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): snàth
- Serbian (sr): предиво
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): predivo
- Shan (shn): ပူၼ်းမႆ
- Sindhi (sd): يارن
- Sinhala (si): කැටිනූල්
- Slovak (sk): klbko
- Slovenian (sl): preja
- Somali (so): tidcidda
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): estambre
- Swahili (sw): uzi uliosokotwa
- Tamil (ta): நூல்கண்டு
- Telugu (te): నూలు
- Tigrinya (ti): ፈትሊታት
- Tongan (to): filo lalanga
- Turkmen (tk): ýumak
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kłubach wołmy
- Urdu (ur): اونی دھاگہ
- Uzbek (uz): o‘ram
- Welsh (cy): edau
- Yoruba (yo): asọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): asɔ
- Zulu (zu): yarn

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9F6` |
| HTML | `🧶` |
| CSS | `\1F9F6` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9F6}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9F6` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 B6` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDF6` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%B6` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧶 yarn emoji mean?

A ball of yarn with a loose strand trailing off. People use it for knitting and crochet, handmade crafts, cozy projects, and cats playing with string, as well as for warm, homemade gifts.

### How do I type the 🧶 emoji?

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

### When was the 🧶 emoji added?

🧶 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F9F6. In HTML you can write 🧶, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9F6}.

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