What 🪝 means
Read the words around it. A lone hook leaves you guessing; add a word if you want your meaning to land.
Playful in wordplay; cryptic alone.
Do not treat 🪝 alone as a reliable hookup invitation.
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsAfter fishing plans
A literal hook or fishing tackle.
Under praise for a song
Its hook: the catchy part.
In boxing talk
A left or right hook punch.
After "I'm three episodes in"
Hooked: eager to keep watching.
Combination ideas
3Suggested pairing: fishing tackle.
Suggested pairing: a catchy song hook.
Suggested pairing: hooked on a show.
Worth knowing
- 🪝 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Why does 🪝 look different on other phones?
Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point. The character you send is identical; Apple, Google, Samsung and WhatsApp each render it in their own style.
How to type 🪝
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “hook”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “hook”.
Chat apps
:hook:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
🪝Gboard
In June 2026, users reported 🪝 appearing for the English word "curve".
Emoji search
Try "hook" in an English-language emoji picker.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🪝
HTML hex
🪝
CSS content
content: "\1FA9D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%AA%9D
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.