Symbols · Emoji 12.0
🟫Brown Square Emoji
Generally, the 🟫 emoji just means “earth” or “brown.” It's used to add a visual element to a message and emphasize a sense of stability or warmth.
The 🟫 emoji is basically a brown square representing the earth.
- Unicode
- U+1F7EB
- Released
- 2019
- Shortcode
- :large_
brown_ square: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🟫 Brown Square emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 2.
02 — Platforms
Brown Square emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the brown square as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Brown Square emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :large_brown_square:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the brown square, code point U+1F7EB.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🟫 Brown Square emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Brown Square 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
Brown Square emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around brown square 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
Who sent the brown square and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Apps
What 🟫 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 — Difference
🟫 vs 🟤 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Brown Square
Code: U+1F7EB · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_brown_square:
Generally, the 🟫 emoji just means “earth” or “brown.”
Unicode name: Brown Circle
Code: U+1F7E4 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_brown_circle:
Generally, the 🟤 emoji means “brown” or can represent something earthy, like nature or stability.
11 — History
Where the 🟫 Brown Square emoji came from
It arrived with the 12.0 release of the standard, which dates the brown square to 2019.
Same character every time — U+1F7EB 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.
Brown Square was approved as U+1F7EB and shipped in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
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