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Crayon emoji πŸ–οΈ

πŸ–οΈ is the crayon: a red wax crayon. It means colouring and kids’ art β€” nursery, colouring books, fridge drawings β€” and creativity in a playful register.

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What the crayon πŸ–οΈ emoji means

πŸ–οΈ is the crayon: a red wax crayon. It means colouring and kids’ art β€” nursery, colouring books, fridge drawings β€” and creativity in a playful register. Online it carries the β€œeating crayons” joke aimed at US Marines and at anyone being dim. Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015) with a variation selector. Art set: ✏️ pencil, πŸ–ŒοΈ paintbrush and 🎨 on the artist palette page.

Unicode name: crayon Β· U+1F58D U+FE0F Β· Emoji 0.7 (original set) Β· group: Objects.

IN A MESSAGEcolouring in with the kids πŸ–οΈ stayed in the lines, mostly

How people use it

  • Colouring: kids, colouring books
  • Creativity: playful art
  • Crayon jokes: Marines, being dim
  • Back to school: supplies

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
crayonU+1F58D U+FE0FCrayon
pencilU+270F U+FE0FPencil
paintbrushU+1F58C U+FE0FPaint
artist paletteU+1F3A8Art
childU+1F9D2Kids

Questions people ask

What does πŸ–οΈ mean?

A crayon β€” colouring, kids’ art, playful creativity.

What is the eating crayons joke?

A long-running gag that US Marines eat crayons; πŸ–οΈ references it.

Why does πŸ– look grey?

It needs its variation selector; copy πŸ–οΈ from this page.

About this guide

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