# ✏️ Pencil emoji

✏️ Pencil is an emoji in the writing set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.

- Emoji: ✏️
- Unicode name: pencil
- Code points: U+270F U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Writing
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :pencil2:
- Keywords: pencil
- Page: https://emojichart.com/pencil-emoji

## What it means

Typically yellow with a sharpened tip, a pencil is for writing, drawing and editing. People use it for school, taking notes, filling out forms, revising text and creative work.

## How to type ✏️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “pencil”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “pencil”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “pencil”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “pencil”.
- GitHub: Type :pencil2: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | lápiz | escolar, escribir, lapicero, lápiz |
| Français (fr) | crayon | crayon, crayon à papier, gomme, mine |
| Deutsch (de) | Bleistift | Bleistift, Stift |
| Italiano (it) | matita | disegnare, matita, matita con gomma, scrivere, scrivere a matita |
| Português (pt) | lápis | lápis |
| Nederlands (nl) | potlood | potlood |
| Svenska (sv) | blyertspenna | blyertspenna |
| Polski (pl) | ołówek | ołówek, pisak, rysować |
| Türkçe (tr) | kurşun kalem | kurşun kalem |
| Русский (ru) | карандаш | грифель, карандаш, простой, рисовать |
| Українська (uk) | олівець | олівець |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μολύβι | γράφω, μολύβι |
| العربية (ar) | قلم رصاص | تدوين, رصاص, قلم, كتابة |
| עברית (he) | עיפרון | כלי כתיבה, לכתוב, עיפרון, עפרון, עפרונות |
| فارسی (fa) | مداد | با مداد نوشتن, مداد, مداد رنگی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पेंसिल | पेंसिल |
| বাংলা (bn) | পেনসিল | পেনসিল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pensil | pensil, tulis |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bút chì | bút chì, văn phòng phẩm |
| ไทย (th) | ดินสอ | ดินสอ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 鉛筆 | 文具, 文房具, 鉛筆 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 연필 | 연필, 필기도구 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 铅笔 | 橡皮, 橡皮擦, 画画, 画笔, 笔, 绘画, 铅笔 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鉛筆 | 鉛筆 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): potlood
- Akan (ak): pԑnsere
- Albanian (sq): laps
- Amharic (am): እርሳስ
- Armenian (hy): մատիտ
- Assamese (as): পেঞ্চিল
- Azerbaijani (az): karandaş
- Bashkir (ba): ҡәләм
- Basque (eu): arkatza
- Belarusian (be): аловак
- Bosnian (bs): olovka
- Breton (br): kreion
- Bulgarian (bg): молив
- Burmese (my): ခဲတံ
- Cantonese (yue): 鉛筆
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 铅笔
- Catalan (ca): llapis
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): кӑранташ
- Croatian (hr): olovka
- Czech (cs): tužka
- Danish (da): blyant
- Estonian (et): pliiats
- Faroese (fo): blýantur
- Filipino (fil): lapis
- Finnish (fi): lyijykynä
- Galician (gl): lapis
- Georgian (ka): ფანქარი
- Gujarati (gu): પૅન્સિલ
- Hausa (ha): fensir
- Hungarian (hu): ceruza
- Icelandic (is): blýantur
- Igbo (ig): pensụl
- Irish (ga): peann luaidhe
- Javanese (jv): potlot
- Kalaallisut (kl): blyant
- Kannada (kn): ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್
- Kazakh (kk): қарындаш
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قارىنداش
- Khmer (km): ខ្មៅដៃ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikaramu y’igiti
- Konkani (kok): पेन्सिल
- Kyrgyz (ky): калем
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): che’ tz’ib’ab’al
- Lao (lo): ສໍ
- Latvian (lv): zīmulis
- Lithuanian (lt): pieštukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wołojnik
- Luxembourgish (lb): Bläistëft
- Macedonian (mk): молив
- Malay (ms): pensel
- Malayalam (ml): പെൻസിൽ
- Maltese (mt): lapes
- Marathi (mr): पेन्सिल
- Mongolian (mn): харандаа
- Māori (mi): penerākau
- Nepali (ne): शिशा कलम
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́nsul
- Northern Sotho (nso): phensele
- Norwegian (no): blyant
- Odia (or): ପେନସିଲ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qubeessaa
- Pashto (ps): پنسل
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੈਨਸਿਲ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پینسل
- Quechua (qu): qillqana
- Romanian (ro): creion
- Romansh (rm): rispli
- Sardinian (sc): lapis
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): peansail
- Serbian (sr): оловка
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): olovka
- Shan (shn): ၵမ်ၸိုၼ်း
- Sindhi (sd): پينسل
- Sinhala (si): පැන්සල
- Slovak (sk): ceruzka
- Slovenian (sl): svinčnik
- Somali (so): qalin qori
- Swahili (sw): penseli
- Tajik (tg): қалам
- Tamil (ta): பென்சில்
- Telugu (te): పెన్సిల్
- Tigrinya (ti): ርሳስ
- Tongan (to): peni
- Tswana (tn): pensele
- Turkmen (tk): galam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wołojnik
- Urdu (ur): پنسل
- Uyghur (ug): قېرىنداش
- Uzbek (uz): qalam
- Welsh (cy): pensil
- Wolof (wo): kreyoŋ
- Xhosa (xh): ipensile
- Yoruba (yo): pẹ́nsùlù
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): pɛ́nsùlù
- Zulu (zu): ipenseli

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+270F U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `✏️` |
| CSS | `\270F\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{270F}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u270F\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C 8F EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `270F FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%8F%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ✏️ pencil emoji mean?

Typically yellow with a sharpened tip, a pencil is for writing, drawing and editing. People use it for school, taking notes, filling out forms, revising text and creative work.

### How do I type the ✏️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “pencil”. 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 :pencil2:.

### When was the ✏️ emoji added?

✏️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+270F U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ✏️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{270F}\u{FE0F}.

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