🗝️
🗝️ Old Key
Unicode: U+1F5DD, U+FE0F
Description
An old-fashioned key, as opens an antique chest or wardrobe. Generally depicted at a 45° angle as a tarnished, silver skeleton key with an ornate, bowed head and two-toothed bit at the bottom left. Like 🔑 Key, often used figuratively, e.g., the key to success, being key ("crucial"). May also be applied to antiques. Microsoft’s design is gold, with the head at the upper left. Samsung and Facebook’s keys were previously gold.
Image Variants
3D
Color
Flat
High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:7.0
Keywords
cluekeylockold
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :old_key: | |
| GitHub | :old_key: | |
| Slack | :old_key: | |
| Discord | :key2: | |
| Discord | :old_key: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs -> User interface symbols
Definition:
An ornate old key, which may be used to lock items such as a chest or wardrobe. Old Key was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and adde http://emojipedia.org/old-key/
Verbs:
- To protect with a password.
- Fasten with a lock
- To fasten with a lock.
Nouns:
- Metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- Instrument that is used to operate a lock
- Device designed to open and close a lock.
- A key is a device that is used to operate a lock.
- An object designed to be able to open (and usually close) a lock.
- An object designed to open and close a lock.
- A device used to open a lock or door
- A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry.
- An authentication credential similar to a password, consisting of numbers.
- A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.