What 🩲 means
Briefs for everyday wear, or brief-style swimwear.
Think undies rather than loose boxers. For swimming, it represents the small, fitted Speedo-style garment—not swimming shorts. Let the message, rather than the garment's color, guide your reading.
Casual, with an intimate clothing reference.
In formal messages, underwear talk can feel too personal.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsLaundry or getting-dressed chat
Everyday underwear.
Pool, beach, or swim-team chat
Swim briefs.
Don't confuse it with
2Worth knowing
- 🩲 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Is 🩲 flirty?
Not necessarily. In a teasing exchange it can be suggestive; in a packing list it can simply mean clean underwear.
How to type 🩲
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “briefs”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “briefs”.
Chat apps
:briefs:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
🩲Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🩲
HTML hex
🩲
CSS content
content: "\1FA72";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A9%B2
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.