What does 🔵 mean?
Blue circle: a blue marker, an option, a status indicator.
Its official Unicode name is LARGE BLUE CIRCLE and its CLDR short name is "blue circle" (in Hungarian: "kék kör"). It belongs to the Symbols group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- blue
- circle
- geometric
In Hungarian: alakzat, kék, kör
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🔵 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F535. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- LARGE BLUE CIRCLE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- kék kör
- English name (CLDR)
- blue circle
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Symbols · geometric
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :large_blue_circle:
Related emojis
- Red circle
- Black circle
- Orange circle
- Yellow circle
- Green circle
- Purple circle
- Brown circle
- White circle
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🔵 emoji mean?
Blue circle: a blue marker, an option, a status indicator.
How do I type the 🔵 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "blue".
When was the 🔵 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.