U+1F505 · emoji since 2015
The dim button is a small sun symbol for low brightness. It means turn the lights down, soften the glow, and ease the screen.
It also stands in for a low-key mood, dialing things down to something calm and gentle.
In texting, 🔅 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 🔅 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Dim Button emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the dim button emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🔅 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.