📕 Closed Book

Emoji Meaning

A closed, hardcover book depicted with a red cover on most platforms. Commonly used for various content concerning reading, writing, learning, and schooling. May also be used as a red accent color.

Apple’s cover features the easter egg “Vol. 1 by John Appleseed.” Apple’s original design for this emoji said “Vol. 3 by John Appleseed,” however now this title appears on Apple’s 📘 Blue Book design.

Google’s design features a brown cover with a red bookmark. Samsung’s artwork once featured a blue cover printed with the initials HYDM, though its latest design has a red cover.

Closed Book was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.