U+1F517 · emoji since 2010
The link is two chain rings joined together, the symbol for a web link or connection. It means click here, in bio, or tap through.
It also stands for bonds and connections of all kinds, the things and people chained happily together.
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 Link emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the link 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.