Book emoji

Every book emoji worth knowing, with what each one means.

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📚 books is study and reading, 📖 open book is reading now, and the colored closed books are often used to label subjects.

Emoji	Official name	Code points
📚	Books	`U+1F4DA`
📖	Open book	`U+1F4D6`
📕	Closed book	`U+1F4D5`
📗	Green book	`U+1F4D7`
📘	Blue book	`U+1F4D8`
📙	Orange book	`U+1F4D9`
📓	Notebook	`U+1F4D3`
📔	Notebook with decorative cover	`U+1F4D4`
📒	Ledger	`U+1F4D2`
📝	Memo	`U+1F4DD`
📃	Page with curl	`U+1F4C3`
🔖	Bookmark	`U+1F516`
📜	Scroll	`U+1F4DC`

What does 📚 mean?

📚 books is study and reading, 📖 open book is reading now, and the colored closed books are often used to label subjects.

What is the official name of 📚?

Unicode calls it "books" (U+1F4DA).

Why does it look different on my friend's phone?

Apple, Google, Samsung and others draw their own emoji designs. The meaning is the same; the artwork differs.

Updated November 13, 2026