Keycap: 8

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Shortcode
:eight:
Shortcode
:keycap_8:
Unicode
U+0038 U+FE0F U+20E3
HTML
8️⃣
CSS
\0038\FE0F\20E3
JavaScript
"\u{0038}\u{FE0F}\u{20E3}"
URL
8%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A3

8eightkeycap

What 8️⃣ means

The digit 8 on a keycap. It stands for eight, the eighth step, or a lucky number in Chinese culture.

People use 8️⃣ for numbered lists and scores. Chinese speakers use it for luck and wealth, since the word for eight sounds like the word for prosperity.

In Chinese chat, 88 or 8️⃣8️⃣ sounds like 'bye-bye' and works as a casual goodbye.

Facts

Keycap: 8 8️⃣ 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 :eight: or :keycap_8:. People also look for it with words like “8”, “eight”, or “keycap”.

Timeline

  1. 2010Added to the emoji standard (Unicode 6.0)

Design history

Google (Noto)

  1. keycap: 8, Google (Noto) design from 20152015
  2. keycap: 8, Google (Noto) design from 20172017
  3. keycap: 8, Google (Noto) design from 20212021

Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.

symbols · Unicode 6.0