🔏 Locked with pen
🔏 Emoji meaning
Confidentiality, encryption, digital signature, or data protection.
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🔏 Meaning
Blocked padlock with fountain pen. Confidential data is encrypted and secure, sensitive information has been digitally signed.
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Commonly confused with
Direction Variant
Locked vs locked with pen; both indicate restricted access, pen merely hints at signing/rights.
Intensity Variant
Locked with key vs locked with pen; both security-related icons with subtle accessory difference.
Same Shape
Lock with pen vs memo; both suggest signing or protecting written documents.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Locked with pen” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.
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lock with pen
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locked with pen
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In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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