U+1F4DD · emoji since 2010
The pencil on paper is notes being taken. Lists, plans, journal entries, and receipts of every kind.
Taking notes under good advice is its highest calling. Noted, literally.
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 Memo emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the memo 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.