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spiral notepad

Spiral Notepad

Text and emoji forms

Same symbol, two display styles.

Text symbol

Emoji

The notepad emoji means "write this down" or "noted." In chat it rarely stands for actual stationery — it marks a memo, a reminder, a to-do list, or the fact that someone is keeping track of what you just said. Aim it at a friend who keeps repeating the same mistake and it turns into a teasing "take notes."

EmojiSince 2014

Also called: note emoji · notepad emoji · memo emoji
Search it as: notes · notepad · memo · jot · write · reminder · to do list · planner
Type it as: :spiral_note_pad:
Around since: 2014 · Emoji 0.7
Shows up on: Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux

What 🗒️ means

🗒️ is the spiral notepad emoji, filed under Objects in the office subgroup of the Unicode emoji index.

It was added in Emoji 0.7 (2014) and the underlying characters entered Unicode in version 7.0 (2014).

How it is encoded

🗒️ is a sequence of 2 code points (U+1F5D2 U+FE0F), joined so that they render as one glyph. Software that counts characters will report 2, not 1 — the usual source of broken emoji handling.

It is RGI (recommended for general interchange), so every major platform ships artwork for it.

Warm and practical for planning; pointed the moment it implies someone is logging another person's mistakes.

Sent bare after a row, it reads as "I'm documenting this."

What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings

After someone shares a useful tip

Noted — I'm writing that one down.

In front of a task or a date

Put this on the list before it gets forgotten.

🗒️ after a mistake someone keeps repeating

A teasing "take notes", somewhere between a joke and a scolding.

Alone, no words, after an argument

I am keeping a record of this — the coldest reading of the pad.

Don't confuse it with

🗓️

Spiral Calendar

The pad makes the writing the point; the spiral calendar makes the date the point. As of 2026 some platforms draw the pad closed, which narrows the gap.

📋

Clipboard

The clipboard leans checklist, forms and copy-paste; the pad leans free jotting.

Combination ideas

Designed suggestion: noted, and actually writing it down.

Worth knowing

🗒️ is not one character. It is 2 of them glued together, which is why deleting it sometimes takes two presses of backspace and why it breaks character counters.

Questions people ask

Does 🗒️ just mean "noted"?

Usually, yes. It stands in for the act of noting rather than the object. Tone decides the rest: after a tip it is agreement, after someone's third identical mistake it is a jab.

Is it rude to send the notepad emoji?

It can be. On its own after a disagreement it suggests you are logging the conversation. Add a word or two and it goes back to meaning a plain reminder.

How to type 🗒️

Windows

Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “spiral notepad”.

macOS

Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.

iOS / Android

Emoji keyboard → search “spiral notepad”.

Chat apps

:spiral_note_pad:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.

HTML

🗒️

Codes and encoding2 code points

HTML decimal

🗒️

HTML hex

🗒️

CSS content

content: "\1F5D2\FE0F";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%9F%97%92%EF%B8%8F

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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