The notepad emoji is 🗒️ Spiral notepad, U+1F5D2, from Emoji 0.7. Unicode prints it between two calendars, 📆 Tear-off calendar and 🗓️ Spiral calendar, and CLDR, its list of search words, files no other emoji under notepad.
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Notepad, note pad and empty calendar
Unicode’s character name for 🗒️ is Spiral note pad, two words, and its aliases are note and empty calendar. Unicode’s name for 🗓️ is Spiral calendar pad, and it is the only other emoji CLDR files under pad. A plain stand-in is ▤, a square of ruled lines.
A notepad smiley face in text
☺ White smiling face and ☻ Black smiling face are each a smiley in one plain character: by Wikipedia, Alt+1 and Alt+2 in code page 437. Typed in keys, a smiley is :) or :-).
By Wikipedia a legal pad is usually gum-bound at the top, not spiral-bound.
Questions and answers
What does the notepad emoji mean?
A notepad: by Wiktionary a paper pad, often bound, for jotting notes down. CLDR’s four words for 🗒️ are note, notepad, pad and spiral, and nothing is filed under jotter, sketchpad or journal.
Is the notepad emoji the same as the memo or the notebook emoji?
No. 📝 is Memo, filed under memo, notes and pencil. 📓 is Notebook and 📔 Notebook with decorative cover, both filed under notebook with 📒 Ledger. None of them is filed under notepad or pad.
What are notepad text emoticons?
Pads typed in plain characters, which paste as text where an emoji is refused: [=] is a pad with lines, [___] a blank one and [ :) ] a pad with a smiley.
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Notepad emoji 17
📑Bookmark tabsU+1F4D1. Filed under bookmark, tabs and marker. Emoji 0.6.
🖍️CrayonU+1F58D U+FE0F. Filed under crayon. Emoji 0.7.
😵💫Face with spiral eyesU+1F635 U+200D U+1F4AB. Filed under spiral, dizzy and hypnotized. Emoji 13.1.
📒LedgerU+1F4D2. Filed under ledger and notebook. Emoji 0.6.
📝MemoU+1F4DD. Filed under memo, notes and pencil. Emoji 0.6.
📓NotebookU+1F4D3. Filed under notebook. Emoji 0.6.
📔Notebook with decorative coverU+1F4D4. Filed under notebook, cover, decorated and writing. Emoji 0.6.
📄Page facing upU+1F4C4. Filed under page, paper and document. Emoji 0.6.
📎PaperclipU+1F4CE. Filed under paperclip. Emoji 0.6.
🖊️PenU+1F58A U+FE0F. Filed under pen and ballpoint. Emoji 0.7.
✏️PencilU+270F U+FE0F. Filed under pencil. Emoji 0.6.
✂️ScissorsU+2702 U+FE0F. Filed under paper, cut and scissors. Emoji 0.6.
🗓️Spiral calendarU+1F5D3 U+FE0F. The emoji after Spiral notepad in Unicode’s list, and the only other one with pad among its search words. Filed under pad, spiral and calendar. Emoji 0.7.
🗒️Spiral notepadU+1F5D2 U+FE0F. The only emoji filed under notepad. Also filed under note, pad and spiral. Emoji 0.7.
🐚Spiral shellU+1F41A. One of the four emoji filed under spiral. Also filed under shell and conch. Emoji 0.6.
📆Tear-off calendarU+1F4C6. The emoji before Spiral notepad in Unicode’s list. Filed under calendar and tear-off. Emoji 0.6.
✍️Writing handU+270D U+FE0F. Filed under write, writing and hand. Emoji 0.7.
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Notepad symbols 10
блокнотRussian for a notebook, by Wiktionary
メモ帳Japanese for a notebook or notepad, by Wiktionary
☻Black smiling faceU+263B. The filled smiley. Alt+2 in code page 437, by Wikipedia.
bloc-notesFrench for a notebook or notepad, by Wiktionary
kladblokDutch for notepad, by Wiktionary
NotizblockGerman for notepad, by Wiktionary
▤Square with horizontal fillU+25A4. A square of ruled lines: a plain stand-in for a lined pad.
taccuinoItalian for a notebook, notepad or pad of paper, by Wiktionary
☰Trigram for heavenU+2630. Three lines, one above the other: a stand-in for lines on a page.
☺︎White smiling faceU+263A. A smiley that is one plain character. Alt+1 in code page 437, by Wikipedia.
Notepad text emoticons 7
[ :) ]A smiley on a pad. Plain ASCII
[=]A pad with lines in three keys. Plain ASCII
[=] :)A pad, then a smiley. Plain ASCII
[=]/A pad with a pen leaning on it. Plain ASCII
[=][=][=]A stack of three pads. Plain ASCII
[___]A blank pad. Plain ASCII
▤ ☺A lined pad and a smiley in two plain characters
Notepad drawings 2
Notepad with a smiley, drawnSix lines of ASCII
Spiral notepad, drawnSix lines of ASCII
Kinds of notepad 19
Commonplace book 📔By Wiktionary: a personal journal or notebook for writing down quotations, memorabilia, etc.
Composition book 📓By Wiktionary: a stock-bound notebook with a traditional marbled black-and-white cover
Doodle 🖍️By Wiktionary: to draw or scribble aimlessly
Exercise book 📓By Wiktionary: a booklet for students, with blank, often lined pages for writing answers
Flip chart 🗒️By Wiktionary: a big pad, usually on a stand, used for presentations
Jot down ✏️By Wiktionary: to write down fast; to make a note of
Jotter 🗒️By Wiktionary: a memorandum book; also an exercise book
Legal pad 🗒️By Wiktionary: a big writing pad of yellow paper, each page with a margin down its side
Logbook 📒By Wiktionary: a book for recording events; a journal, mainly a travel one
Margin 📄By Wiktionary: the paper's edge, usually left blank in printing, though sometimes annotated
Note pad 🗒️By Wiktionary: an alternative spelling of notepad. It is also how Unicode spells the character name, Spiral note pad
Planner 🗓️By Wiktionary: a notebook or software for keeping reminders of things like appointments and tasks
Rough book 📓By Wiktionary: a book to write drafts of work in
Scrapbook 📔By Wiktionary: a book like a journal or notebook for collecting personal or family photos and memorabilia
Scribble ✏️By Wiktionary: to draw or write in a careless hurry
Sketchbook 🎨By Wiktionary: a pad or book of blank pages to sketch on; a sketch pad
Steno pad 🗒️By Wiktionary: a paper pad made for taking dictation in shorthand
Tablet 🗒️By Wiktionary: a block of blank paper sheets bound together at the top; a pad of paper
Writing pad 🗒️By Wiktionary: bound blank pages of writing paper, often with a cardboard cover
Page sayings 4
Back to the drawing board ✏️By Wiktionary: said when one must try a different strategy after a recent attempt has failed
Clean slate 🗒️By Wiktionary: a fresh start
On the same page 📄By Wiktionary: broadly agreeing or sharing a general understanding
Turn over a new leaf 📄By Wiktionary: to improve oneself; to start a good habit or drop a bad one
Notepad lines 9
🗒️ Doodle pageFor the back of the pad
🗒️ Ideas: ___Fill in the blank
🗒️ Order for table ___Fill in the blank
🗒️ Page 1 of ___Fill in the blank
🗒️ Plot twist: ___For a story idea
🗒️ Rough draft, do not judgeFor a first try
🗒️ Scribbles from classFor shared notes
✂ - - - tear here - - -A tear-off line
🗒️ Things I forgot: ___Fill in the blank
Notepad combos 15
🗒️💡Bright idea, written downSpiral notepad, then light bulb.
🗒️🔍Detective’s notesSpiral notepad, then magnifying glass tilted left.
🗒️🖍️DoodlingSpiral notepad, then crayon.
🗒️🌱Field notesSpiral notepad, then seedling.
🗒️✨Fresh pageSpiral notepad, then sparkles.
🗒️🛒Grocery padSpiral notepad, then shopping cart.
🗒️🖊️Notepad and penSpiral notepad, then pen.
🗒️🍽️Order padSpiral notepad, then fork and knife with plate.
☎️🗒️Phone messageTelephone, then spiral notepad.
🗒️🍳Recipe notesSpiral notepad, then cooking.
🗒️🎤Reporter’s notebookSpiral notepad, then microphone.
🗒️🎲ScorekeeperSpiral notepad, then game die.
🗒️🎨Sketch padSpiral notepad, then artist palette.
🌀🗒️Spiral boundCyclone, then spiral notepad.
🗒️✂️📄Torn-out pageSpiral notepad, then scissors, then page facing up.