Lock with Ink Pen 🔏
🔏 (U+1F50F) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Lock with Ink Pen is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts LOCK WITH INK PEN. In text, it can signal secrecy or a deliberate pause in thought, such as locking away a suggestion or marking a clue that should be kept private. It can also appear in UI to indicate secured notes, locked settings, or a guarded entry point where access is controlled. Designers use it to add ideas about restraint or careful handling of information in messages and interfaces. Its appearance varies by platform, app, and font, so color and style may shift, and sometimes a monochrome version is shown. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text clarifies meaning and provide alternative wording where the symbol could be ambiguous across devices, browsers, and screen readers.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F50F in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F50F - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 94 8F - UTF-16:
D83D DD0F - UTF-32:
0001F50F - HTML dec:
🔏 - HTML hex:
🔏 - JS escape:
\u{1F50F} - Python \N{}:
\N{LOCK WITH INK PEN} - Python \U:
\U0001F50F - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%94%8F - CSS escape:
\1F50F
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F50F or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🔏 (hex) or 🔏 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.