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Key Emoji Whatsapp

🔑 Key

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🔑 Emoji meaning

Certainty, control, authorization, exclusivity, password, solution.

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🔑 Meaning

Golden key as an object: “I need my keys” or “Do not forget your keys”. Symbolic meaning: “This is very important!”

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Key

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Key vs house; both associated with home or property access.

Key

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Key vs old key; both used to represent keys, modern vs antique is mostly aesthetic.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Key” 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.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ keys + major + unlock

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ key

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ lock + password

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- password

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