⌨️Keyboard Emoji
Generally, ⌨️ means someone is typing or writing something. It’s often used to indicate that a message is being composed.
The ⌨️ emoji shows a keyboard.
- Unicode
- U+2328 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :keyboard:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the ⌨️ Keyboard emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 1.
Keyboard emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the keyboard as 9 vendors ship it.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Facebook, Messenger
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Keyboard emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :keyboard:.
In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the keyboard, code point U+2328.
How to type the ⌨️ Keyboard emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
Keyboard 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.
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Keyboard emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around keyboard for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
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.
What ⌨️ means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the keyboard and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
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.
⌨️ vs 🎹 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Keyboard
Code: U+2328 U+FE0F · added 2015
Shortcode: :keyboard:
Generally, ⌨️ means someone is typing or writing something.
Unicode name: Musical Keyboard
Code: U+1F3B9 · added 2010
Shortcode: :musical_keyboard:
Basically, it just means someone wants to talk about music or pianos.
Where the ⌨️ Keyboard emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Keyboard was approved as U+2328 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). 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.