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Emoji Meaning

A key, as opens a

door

or

lock

. Depicted at a 45° angle as a gold, bronze, or copper key with a round head and notched blade. Commonly used for figurative senses of key, e.g., the key to success, being key (“crucial”).

DJ Khaled uses the emoji to indicate his 

Snapchat stories are official

(verified). Apple’s design

previously resembled

a gold

🗝️ Old Key

, which emoji has similar applications.

May also represent digital keys in

public-key technology

. This may explain why the emoji 

does not display in page titles

 on Apple’s Safari web browser, presumably to prevent less reputable sites from pretending to be secure (encrypted using 

HTTPS

).

Key was approved as part of

Unicode 6.0

in 2010 and added to

Emoji 1.0

in 2015.

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