Objects · Emoji 5.0
🧦Socks Emoji
Generally, the 🧦 emoji just means “a sock.” It’s often used to add a little bit of fun or emphasis to a message.
The 🧦 emoji represents a single sock.
- Unicode
- U+1F9E6
- Released
- 2017
- Shortcode
- :socks:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🧦 Socks emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 1 of them.
02 — Platforms
Socks emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F9E6 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your socks 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
Socks 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 :socks:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F9E6.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🧦 Socks emoji
No picker to hand? The socks can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Socks 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
JoyPixels
06 — Combinations
Socks emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around socks 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 with 🧦, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
08 — In conversation
What 🧦 means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the socks and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
09 — Around the world
What 🧦 means in other countries
A famously ‘boring but practical’ gift item in the West, and a literal footwear note about indoor etiquette in East Asia.
Running joke as the classic disappointing Christmas or Father’s Day present.
Reminder that shoes come off indoors and socks, not bare feet, are expected.
“Sock puppet” refers to a fake account, unrelated to the literal garment.
Before you send it: Works fine for gift jokes or indoor-etiquette notes; no audience will read it as offensive.
10 — 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.
12 — History
Where the 🧦 Socks emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 5.0, the socks has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 9.
Same character every time — U+1F9E6 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.
Socks was approved as U+1F9E6 and shipped in Emoji 5.0 (2017). 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.
13 — FAQ