Objects · Emoji 0.6
📗Green Book Emoji
Generally, when someone sends you the 📗 emoji, they're signaling that they have some information or knowledge to share, or that they’re recommending a thoughtful read. It’s often used to indicate a resource or a serious topic.
The 📗 emoji represents a green book, most often referencing “The Green Book.”
- Unicode
- U+1F4D7
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :green_
book: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 📗 Green Book emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 6 of them.
02 — Platforms
Green Book emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F4D7 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your green book looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Green Book emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :green_book:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the green book, code point U+1F4D7.
04 — How to type
How to type the 📗 Green Book emoji
No picker to hand? The green book can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Green Book emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Green Book emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around green book for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 📗 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What 📗 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the green book lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
📗 vs 📕 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Green Book
Code: U+1F4D7 · added 2010
Shortcode: :green_book:
Generally, when someone sends you the 📗 emoji, they're signaling that they have some information or knowledge to share, or that they’re recommending a thoughtful read.
Unicode name: Closed Book
Code: U+1F4D5 · added 2010
Shortcode: :closed_book:
Generally, it just means “I don’t know” or “Let’s see.”
11 — History
Where the 📗 Green Book emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+1F4D7 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
📗 existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E683, KDDI au E565.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Green Book was approved as U+1F4D7 and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 📗 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ