Meaning
A small block or wedge used to rub out pencil marks from paper. In conversation it commonly stands for mistakes, corrections, or starting over, and can signal a wish to undo or forget something. It often appears alongside writing, studying, or school topics. It can also suggest forgiveness or wiping the slate clean. Usage varies: it may simply refer to stationery, while the figurative sense of erasing or deleting is more contextual than fixed, so intent is not always clear from the symbol alone.
Eraser โ Approved as part of Emoji 18.0 in 2026.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 โ official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1FA8CeraserF0 9F AA 8CShortcodes
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🪌🪌\1FA8C Languages
\u{1FA8C}\U0001FA8C\x{1FA8C}\u{1FA8C}Encodings
xn--n09h%F0%9F%AA%8CFrequently asked
What does ๐ช eraser mean?
A small block or wedge used to rub out pencil marks from paper. In conversation it commonly stands for mistakes, corrections, or starting over, and can signal a wish to undo or forget something. It often appears alongside writing, studying, or school topics. It can also suggest forgiveness or wiping the slate clean. Usage varies: it may simply refer to stationery, while the figurative sense of erasing or deleting is more contextual than fixed, so intent is not always clear from the symbol alone.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ๐ช eraser?
U+1FA8C (Unicode 18.0, 2026) ยท :eraser:
Which emojis are related to ๐ช eraser?
โ๏ธ pencil, โ๏ธ black nib, ๐๏ธ fountain pen, ๐๏ธ pen, ๐๏ธ paintbrush, ๐๏ธ crayon, ๐ memo