What 🪵 means
🪵 is the wood emoji, filed under Travel & Places in the place-building subgroup of the Unicode emoji index.
It was added in Emoji 13.0 (2020) and the underlying characters entered Unicode in version 13.0 (2020).
How it is encoded
🪵 is a single code point, U+1FAB5.
It is RGI (recommended for general interchange), so every major platform ships artwork for it.
A down-to-earth fit for camping plans and woodworking projects.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readings🪵 beside 🔥 in camping chat
Wood to burn in a campfire or fireplace.
🪵 beside 🪓 in a home-project message
Chopping wood or working with lumber.
🪵 in a Minecraft or building-game chat
Wood collected or used as a game resource.
Combination ideas
3Try it for a campfire or firewood run.
Try it for chopping wood.
Try it for building a rustic shelter.
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 “wood”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “wood”.
Chat apps
:wood:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
🪵Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🪵
HTML hex
🪵
CSS content
content: "\1FAB5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%AA%B5
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.