4️⃣Four key symbol

4️⃣ Keycap: 4

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4️⃣ Emoji meaning

Happiness (West), misfortune (Asia), quartet, four elements, seasons.

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  1.  Meaning
  2.  Emoji History
  3.  Similar Emojis
  4.  Platforms
  5.  Emoji Details

4️⃣ Meaning

Keyboard key with rounded corners and the number 4 in the middle. Four cardinal directions, four seasons. Stands for luck in the western world (shamrock) and is an unlucky number in Asia.

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Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Keycap: 4” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 17.0 and Unicode 17.0 in 2025 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ 4 + four

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- keycap: 4

In the release of Emoji 15.1 and Unicode 15.1 in 2023 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ keycap: 4

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ keycap

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