The digit 2 on a keycap. It stands for two, second place, or option two.
Beyond numbered lists, 2️⃣ can replace 'to' or 'too' in playful spelling, and it marks the second choice in a poll. It also counts pairs, like a table for 2️⃣.
Facts
Keycap: 2 2️⃣ is an emoji in the symbols category, under keycap. It is one of the early emoji from Japanese phones, standardized in Unicode 6.0 (2010). On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :two: or :keycap_2:. People also look for it with words like “2”, “keycap”, or “two”.
Timeline
2010Added to the emoji standard (Unicode 6.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
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2021
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.