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🔑Key Emoji
Tagged keys, lock and major, 🔑 key sits in Unicode's Lock & Keys group inside Objects. It was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010) at U+1F511.
What 🔑 key means
Privacy, security and matters considered settled. 🔒️ closes a topic or marks a private account, 🔓️ opens one back up, and 🔐 shows up in posts about passwords and encryption. 🔑 has drifted furthest from the object, standing for the key insight or the detail that unlocks an argument. The padlock also carries the newer slang sense of being locked in.
Unicode tags this one keys, lock and major and files it under Objects → Lock & Keys.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F511 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 🔑 | |
| HTML decimal | 🔑 | |
| CSS | \1F511 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F511} | |
| Python | \U0001F511 | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDD11 | |
| Rust | \u{1f511} | |
| Swift | \u{1F511} | |
| PHP | \u{1F511} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%94%91 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 94 91 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DD11 | |
| Base64 | 8J+UkQ== | |
| Decimal | 128273 | |
| Introduced | Unicode 6.0 (2010) | |
Keywords
Appears in these collections
How to type 🔑
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “key”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “keys”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type1f511and Enter. - HTML — paste
🔑.
How 🔑 renders
The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.
- 🔑Apple
- 🔑Segoe
- 🔑Noto
- 🔑System
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🔑 key emoji mean?+
🔑 is the key emoji, tagged keys, lock and major. Privacy, security and matters considered settled. 🔒️ closes a topic or marks a private account, 🔓️ opens one back up, and 🔐 shows up in posts about passwords and encryption. 🔑 has drifted furthest from the object, standing for the key insight or the detail that unlocks an argument. The padlock also carries the newer slang sense of being locked in.
What is the Unicode code for 🔑?+
key is U+1F511. In HTML that is 🔑, in CSS \1F511, and in JavaScript \u{1F511}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the 🔑 emoji added?+
key got its emoji presentation in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.
Related emojis
More emojis from Lock & Keys in Objects.
Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as 🔑 key.