Book Emoji Copy and Paste

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Book Emoji Copy and Paste

📖Open bookU+1F4D6Ready to copy

51 items. Tap one to copy it.

Books and paper 17

Book and read in Han characters 7

Reading lines 10

ASCII books 4

Reading combos 13

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How it works

The book emoji is Open book, U+1F4D6. After it come Closed book, Books and the rest of Unicode's book and paper emoji, then book in Han characters, reading lines, ASCII books and combos.

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One shelf in Unicode's list

Unicode's emoji list keeps books in a subgroup named book-paper: 17 emoji, shown here in the list's order after Open book. The first nine are books of some kind. The rest is paper: Scroll, Newspaper, Bookmark and, last, Label.

Lines for a reading log

Most lines that end in a colon wait for a title: 📖 Currently reading: and 📚 To be read: are two. Three more rate a book with five, four or three stars.

  • For a name on the cover, paste Closed book in ASCII and type over STORY with five letters.

Questions and answers

What is the book emoji called?

Open book, U+1F4D6. CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files seven emoji under book: Open book, Closed book, the green, blue and orange books, Books and Notebook with decorative cover.

Which book emoji means reading?

CLDR files reading, and library, under five: Open book, the green, blue and orange books and Books. Closed book is not one of them. Books is also the only emoji under study.

What do the green, blue and orange book emoji mean?

Unicode gives the colors no meaning. It names them Green book, Blue book and Orange book, and CLDR files all three under book, education and reading. Here they keep the list's order: green, blue, orange.

Is there a book symbol that is not an emoji?

Yes, one: a character named Book, U+1F56E, added in Unicode 7.0. The computer this page was checked on has no font for it, so it is not on this page. For book as plain text, the Han characters 書 and 书 are on this page.

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Books and paper 17

  • Blue book U+1F4D8. The same words as the green one. Emoji 0.6.
  • Bookmark U+1F516. The marker itself. Emoji 0.6.
  • Bookmark tabs U+1F4D1. Tabs down the edge of the pages. One of two emoji under bookmark. Emoji 0.6.
  • Books U+1F4DA. A stack. The only emoji CLDR files under study. Emoji 0.6.
  • Closed book U+1F4D5. CLDR files it under book and education, and not under reading. Emoji 0.6.
  • Green book U+1F4D7. CLDR files it under book, reading and library. Emoji 0.6.
  • Label U+1F3F7 U+FE0F. A tag on a string, the last of the 17. Emoji 0.7.
  • Ledger U+1F4D2. An account book. Emoji 0.6.
  • Newspaper U+1F4F0. The daily paper. Emoji 0.6.
  • Notebook U+1F4D3. A plain notebook, eighth in the subgroup. Emoji 0.6.
  • Notebook with decorative cover U+1F4D4. First in the subgroup book-paper of Unicode's emoji list. CLDR files it under book and school. Emoji 0.6.
  • Open book U+1F4D6. The book emoji. Unicode's notes add a second use for the character: read operator's manual. One of five emoji CLDR files under reading. Emoji 0.6.
  • Orange book U+1F4D9. The third colored book. Unicode gives the three colors no meaning. Emoji 0.6.
  • Page facing up U+1F4C4. A flat sheet. Emoji 0.6.
  • Page with curl U+1F4C3. A sheet with one corner rolled. Emoji 0.6.
  • Rolled-up newspaper U+1F5DE U+FE0F. The paper as it is delivered. Emoji 0.7.
  • Scroll U+1F4DC. A roll of paper, the book before books had pages. Emoji 0.6.
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Book and read in Han characters 7

  • Han character for book U+66F8. Unihan's definition: book, letter, document; writings. The traditional form.
  • Han character for book, simplified U+4E66. Unihan lists it as the simplified form of the character before it, with the same definition.
  • Han character for read U+8B80. Unihan's definition: read, study; pronounce. The traditional form.
  • Han character for read, simplified U+8BFB. Unihan lists it as the simplified form of the character before it.
  • Han character for scroll U+5377. Unihan's definition begins: scroll.
  • Han character for volume U+518A. Unihan's definition: book, volume. The word for one book of a set.
  • Han character for volume, second form U+518C. Unihan's definition: book, volume, register, list.

Reading lines 10

  • 📖 ★★★★★ Five black stars: loved it
  • 📖 ★★★★☆ Four black stars and one white
  • 📖 ★★★☆☆ Three black stars and two white
  • 📚 Book club pick: Add the title after the colon
  • 📗 Book report due: Add the day after the colon
  • 📖 Currently reading: Add the title after the colon
  • 📕 Just finished: Add the title after the colon
  • 📖 Just one chapter more For the end of the evening
  • 🔖 Stopped at page Add the page number
  • 📚 To be read: Add the titles after the colon

ASCII books 4

  • Bookshelf in ASCII Six spines of different thickness standing on a shelf of equals signs. Five lines, 16 columns.
  • Closed book in ASCII A book lying shut, seen from the corner, with a word on the cover you can type over. Seven lines, 14 columns.
  • Stack of books in ASCII Four books of different widths, piled as they were put down. Six lines, 15 columns.
  • Two pages in ASCII Two pages of tildes for the lines of print, the last line cut short. Six lines, 17 columns.

Reading combos 13

  • Back to the library Books, then alarm clock. Due today.
  • Beach read Open book, then beach with umbrella.
  • Book club Books, then speech balloon.
  • Bookworm Bug, then books.
  • Cookbook Open book, then cooking.
  • Dictionary Open book, then input latin letters.
  • Library day Books, then classical building. CLDR files Books under library.
  • Listening to a book Headphone, then open book.
  • Read by the window Open book, then cloud with rain.
  • Story before sleep Open book, then crescent moon.
  • Storybook castle Open book, then castle.
  • Study night Books, then candle. Books is the only emoji CLDR files under study.
  • Whodunit Open book, then magnifying glass tilted left.

How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-01 from Unicode's own files, each read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt), whose group Objects has a subgroup named book-paper with 17 emoji; they are all here, in the list's order after Open book. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml): seven emoji are listed for book, five for reading and for library (Closed book is not one of them), one for study and two for bookmark. The Han characters, their definitions and which is the simplified form of which are from the Unihan database, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip). Unicode also has a character named Book, U+1F56E, added in Unicode 7.0 with a cross-reference to Open book (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt); it is not an emoji, and it is left out because no system font on the computer used for this page could draw it. The same file gives Open book its second use, read operator's manual. Unicode data is used under the Unicode terms of use (https://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html). The reading lines, the four drawings and the combos are this site's own work. Licence: own work

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