Symbols ยท Emoji 0.6
๐คInput Latin Letters Emoji
It usually just means "letter" or "words." People often use it to point out that something is related to writing or spelling.
The ๐ค emoji represents a sign or symbol.
- Unicode
- U+1F524
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :abc:
- Skin tones
- No
01 โ Meaning
What does the ๐ค Input Latin Letters emoji mean?
One character, many names โ these are the wordings people actually type, all 5 of them.
02 โ Platforms
Input Latin Letters emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1F524. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it โ iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 โ Copy & codes
Input Latin Letters emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation โ including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :abc:.
All emoji copy and paste โIn your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F524.
04 โ How to type
How to type the ๐ค Input Latin Letters emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F524 when there is no key at all.
05 โ Download
Input Latin Letters emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files โ one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library โ
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 โ Combinations
Input Latin Letters emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around input latin letters for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations โWant 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 โ In conversation
What ๐ค means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 โ Apps
What ๐ค means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
10 โ Difference
๐ค vs ๐ฃ โ what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Input Latin Letters
Code: U+1F524 ยท added 2010
Shortcode: :abc:
It usually just means "letter" or "words."
Unicode name: Input Symbols
Code: U+1F523 ยท added 2010
Shortcode: :symbols:
It usually just means โmessageโ or โtext.โ
11 โ History
Where the ๐ค Input Latin Letters 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 โ U+1F524 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.
๐ค existed there as
KDDI au EB55.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all โ Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Input Latin Letters was approved as U+1F524 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 ๐ค is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes โ only the picture does.
12 โ FAQ