hook

Group: Objects · Subgroup: Tool · Emoji 13

Keywords

catch
crook
curve
ensnare
hook
point
selling

About this character

hook belongs to the Objects group and is encoded at U+1FA9D. It was added in Unicode 13.0.

Shortcode

Chat apps such as Slack, Discord and GitHub accept this shortcode instead of the character itself.

Technical codes

Code point: U+1FA9D
Hex: 1FA9D
Decimal: 129693
HTML: 🪝
CSS: \1FA9D
JavaScript: \u{1FA9D}
Python: \U0001FA9D
UTF-8: F0 9F AA 9D

The same character is drawn differently by each operating system and font.

hammer U+1F528
axe U+1FA93
pick U+26CF
hammer and pick U+2692
hammer and wrench U+1F6E0
dagger U+1F5E1
crossed swords U+2694
bomb U+1F4A3
boomerang U+1FA83
bow and arrow U+1F3F9
shield U+1F6E1
carpentry saw U+1FA9A
wrench U+1F527
screwdriver U+1FA9B
nut and bolt U+1F529
gear U+2699
clamp U+1F5DC
balance scale U+2696
white cane U+1F9AF
link U+1F517
broken chain U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5
chains U+26D3
toolbox U+1F9F0
magnet U+1F9F2

Questions

Why does this emoji look different on my phone?

Unicode standardises the meaning of a character, not its drawing. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each ship their own artwork, so the same code point changes shape between devices.

Does copying work everywhere?

The character is copied as plain text, so it pastes into any app that accepts text. If the receiving app has no font for it, you will see an empty box instead.