Meaning
A curved piece of metal or plastic used to catch, pull, or hang things. In conversation it often stands for fishing or hanging an item up, and can suggest catching or snagging something. It is also used figuratively for drawing someone in or securing their attention, as in a catchy opening. Less commonly it refers to a boxing punch or a musical hook. Because the image is simple, its meaning depends heavily on context, so it can be read as literal hardware or as a metaphor for entrapment.
Hook — Approved as part of Emoji 13.0 in 2020.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1FA9DhookF0 9F AA 9DShortcodes
:hook:HTML & CSS
🪝🪝\1FA9D Languages
\u{1FA9D}\U0001FA9D\x{1FA9D}\u{1FA9D}Encodings
xn--409h%F0%9F%AA%9DFrequently asked
What does 🪝 hook mean?
A curved piece of metal or plastic used to catch, pull, or hang things. In conversation it often stands for fishing or hanging an item up, and can suggest catching or snagging something. It is also used figuratively for drawing someone in or securing their attention, as in a catchy opening. Less commonly it refers to a boxing punch or a musical hook. Because the image is simple, its meaning depends heavily on context, so it can be read as literal hardware or as a metaphor for entrapment.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🪝 hook?
U+1FA9D (Unicode 13.0, 2020) · :hook:
Which emojis are related to 🪝 hook?
net with handle, 🔨 hammer, 🪓 axe, ⛏️ pick, ⚒️ hammer and pick, 🛠️ hammer and wrench, 🗡️ dagger, ⚔️ crossed swords