U+1F9F5
Thread
About
Thread, a single Unicode character. Part of the Activities group, arts & crafts subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.
Platform renderings
15 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.
Timeline
2015 — 2026Showing 155 of 155 events through 2026
- 2015First render

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- 2016First render
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- 2018First render

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- 2018Redesign

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- 2018Unicode
Added in Emoji 11.0
Introduced in Emoji 11.0
- 2018Redesign

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- 2018First render

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- 2018First render

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- 2018First render

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- 2018Redesign

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- 2018First render

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- 2018First render

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- 2019Redesign

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- 2019Redesign

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Approximate — no dated release or index entry found.
- 2019Redesign

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- 2019First render

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- 2019Redesign

Microsoft Windows 10 May 2019 Update
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- 2019Redesign

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Google Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop
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- 2020Redesign

Google Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
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- 2021First render

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- 2021First render

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Microsoft Windows 11 November 2021 Update
Release date Windows 11 build 21h2.
- 2021Redesign

General availability. Fluent Emoji, MIT licensed.
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- 2022Redesign

Samsung One UI 4.0 January 2022
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- 2022First render

First appeared on Microsoft Teams
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- 2022First render

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Android 12L shipped March 2022; the index had it a release early.
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- 2022First render

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- 2022First render

First appeared on Twitter Emoji Stickers
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- 2023Redesign

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- 2023First render

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First appeared on Microsoft 3D Fluent
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Community-maintained fork after Twitter archived the original repo.
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- 2024First render

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Microsoft 3D Fluent Fluent 15.1
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Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 June 2024 Update
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Date it reached devices. AOSP source dropped 2024-09-03.
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Microsoft 3D Fluent Fluent 16.0
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Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 August 2025 Update
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Encodings
- UTF-8
F0 9F A7 B5- UTF-8 escaped
\xF0\x9F\xA7\xB5- UTF-16
D83E DDF5- UTF-32
0001F9F5- HTML decimal
🧵- HTML hex
🧵- CSS
\01F9F5- JavaScript
\u{1F9F5}- JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\uD83E\uDDF5- Python
\U0001F9F5- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%B5- Base64
8J+ntQ==
Unicode proposals
The document submitted to the Unicode Consortium that introduced this character.
Related
Frequently asked questions
- What does 🧵 mean?
- Thread, a single Unicode character. Part of the Activities group, arts & crafts subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. It is commonly tagged thread, needle, sewing, spool and string.
- What is the Unicode code point for 🧵?
- Thread is encoded as the single code point U+1F9F5.
- When was 🧵 added to Unicode?
- 🧵 was approved as part of Emoji 11.0 and released in 2018, under Unicode 11.0.
- How do I type 🧵?
- Copy 🧵 from this page, or type its shortcode — :thread: — in an app that expands them, such as GitHub, Slack or Discord.
- Why does 🧵 look different on my phone?
- Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so 🧵 changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 154 renderings, including Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.
- What is 🧵 called in other languages?
- Unicode's CLDR publishes a name for it in 9 other languages, including بكرة خيط in Arabic, Faden in German and hilo in Spanish.
- What category is 🧵 in?
- 🧵 belongs to Unicode's Activities group, in the arts & crafts subgroup.