# 📚 Books emoji

📚 Books is an emoji in the books and paper set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: book, education, fantasy, knowledge, library and novels.

- Emoji: 📚
- Unicode name: books
- Code points: U+1F4DA
- Category: Objects, Books and paper
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :books:
- Keywords: book, books, education, fantasy, knowledge, library, novels, reading, school, study
- Page: https://emojichart.com/books-emoji

## What it means

Piled high, a stack of books signals studying, reading, libraries and schoolwork. Book recommendations, homework, research and reading lists often use it, as does anyone hinting that someone is well read.

## How to type 📚

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “books”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “books”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “books”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “books”.
- GitHub: Type :books: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | libros | libro, libros |
| Français (fr) | livres | apprendre, bibliothèque, école, enseignement, étudier, lecture, lire, littérature, livres, manuels scolaires, roman, savoir |
| Deutsch (de) | Bücherstapel | Bücher, Bücherstapel, Fantasie, lesen, Roman |
| Italiano (it) | libri | biblioteca, compiti, doposcuola, leggere, libreria, libri, pila di libri, quaderni, romanzi, scuola, studiare, università |
| Português (pt) | livros | biblioteca, estudando, estudar, leitura, lendo, ler, livraria, livro, livros |
| Nederlands (nl) | boeken | boek, boeken, educatie, kennis, lezen, onderwijs, opleiding, school |
| Svenska (sv) | böcker | böcker, bok |
| Polski (pl) | książki | biblioteka, czytać, książka, książki, nauka |
| Türkçe (tr) | kitaplar | kitap, kitaplar |
| Русский (ru) | книги | библиотека, книги, книжки, много книг, сессия, стопка, стопка книг, учить, читать, экзамен |
| Українська (uk) | книги | бібліотека, книгарня, книги, книжка, книжки |
| Ελληνικά (el) | βιβλία | βιβλία, βιβλίο, βιβλιοθήκη, γνώση, διάβασμα, μελέτη, μόρφωση, νουβέλες, σχολείο, φαντασία |
| العربية (ar) | كتب | امتحانات, تعليم, جامعة, دراسة, درس, قراءة, كتاب, كتب, مدرسة, معرفة, وظيفية |
| עברית (he) | ספרים | לימודים, ספר, ספרים, קריאה |
| فارسی (fa) | چند کتاب | چند کتاب, کتاب |
| हिन्दी (hi) | किताबें | किताबें, पुस्तक |
| বাংলা (bn) | বই | বই |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | buku | bahan pelajaran, buku, cerita, pengetahuan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | sách | đọc, học tập, sách, thư viện, tri thức, trường học |
| ไทย (th) | หนังสือ | จด, หนังสือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 本の山 | 勉強, 学校, 小説, 書籍, 本, 本の山, 読書 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 책 여러 권 | 공부, 교육, 도서관, 독서, 소설, 지식, 책, 책 여러 권, 판타지, 학교 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 书 | 书, 书本, 书籍, 图书, 图书馆, 学习, 学校, 小说, 教育, 知识, 阅读 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 書本 | 書, 書本, 書籍 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): boeke
- Akan (ak): nwoma ahodoͻ
- Albanian (sq): libra
- Amharic (am): መጽሐፍት
- Armenian (hy): գրքեր
- Assamese (as): কিতাপসমূহ
- Azerbaijani (az): kitablar
- Bashkir (ba): китаптар
- Basque (eu): liburuak
- Belarusian (be): кнігі
- Bosnian (bs): knjige
- Breton (br): levrioù
- Bulgarian (bg): книги
- Burmese (my): စာအုပ်များ
- Cantonese (yue): 書
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 书
- Catalan (ca): llibres
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎪᏪᎵ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 一疊書
- Chuvash (cv): кӗнеке
- Croatian (hr): knjige
- Czech (cs): knihy
- Danish (da): bøger
- Estonian (et): raamatud
- Faroese (fo): bøkur
- Filipino (fil): mga aklat
- Finnish (fi): kirjoja
- Galician (gl): libros
- Georgian (ka): წიგნები
- Gujarati (gu): પુસ્તકો
- Hausa (ha): littattafai
- Hungarian (hu): könyvek
- Icelandic (is): bækur
- Igbo (ig): akwukwọ gasị
- Irish (ga): leabhair
- Javanese (jv): buku-buku
- Kalaallisut (kl): bøger
- Kannada (kn): ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು
- Kazakh (kk): кітаптар
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كىتاپتار
- Khmer (km): សៀវភៅបីត្រួតលើគ្នា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ibitabo
- Konkani (kok): पुस्तकां
- Kyrgyz (ky): китептер
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Taq wuj
- Lao (lo): ປື້ມຫຼາຍຫົວ
- Latvian (lv): grāmatas
- Lithuanian (lt): knygos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): knigły
- Luxembourgish (lb): Bicher
- Macedonian (mk): книги
- Malay (ms): buku
- Malayalam (ml): പുസ്‌തകങ്ങൾ
- Maltese (mt): kotba
- Marathi (mr): पुस्तके
- Mongolian (mn): ном
- Māori (mi): ngā pukapuka
- Nepali (ne): पुस्तकहरू
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Buk-dẹm
- Northern Sotho (nso): dipuku
- Norwegian (no): bøker
- Odia (or): ବହିଗୁଡ଼ିକ
- Oromo (om): kitaabilee
- Pashto (ps): کتابونه
- Punjabi (pa): ਕਿਤਾਬਾਂ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کتاباں
- Quechua (qu): pʼanqakuna
- Romanian (ro): cărți
- Romansh (rm): cudeschs
- Sardinian (sc): libros
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): leabhraichean
- Serbian (sr): књиге
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): knjige
- Shan (shn): ပပ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪتابون
- Sinhala (si): පොත්
- Slovak (sk): knihy
- Slovenian (sl): knjige
- Somali (so): buugaag
- Swahili (sw): vitabu
- Tajik (tg): китобҳо
- Tamil (ta): புத்தகங்கள்
- Telugu (te): పుస్తకాలు
- Tigrinya (ti): መጻሕፍቲ
- Tongan (to): ʻū tohi
- Tswana (tn): dibuka
- Turkmen (tk): kitaplar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): knihi
- Urdu (ur): کتابیں
- Uyghur (ug): كىتابلار
- Uzbek (uz): kitoblar
- Welsh (cy): llyfrau
- Wolof (wo): téere yi
- Xhosa (xh): iincwadi
- Yoruba (yo): àwọn ìwé
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): àwɔn ìwé
- Zulu (zu): izincwadi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4DA` |
| HTML | `📚` |
| CSS | `\1F4DA` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4DA}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4DA` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 9A` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCDA` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%9A` |

## Questions

### What does the 📚 books emoji mean?

Piled high, a stack of books signals studying, reading, libraries and schoolwork. Book recommendations, homework, research and reading lists often use it, as does anyone hinting that someone is well read.

### How do I type the 📚 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “books”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :books:.

### When was the 📚 emoji added?

📚 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 📚?

U+1F4DA. In HTML you can write 📚, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4DA}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/books-emoji