✏️ Pencil
A classic yellow pencil. Depicted as a graphite pencil, like a U.S. #2 or European HB, with a sharpened tip and pink eraser. Positioned at a 45° angle, with its tip at the lower left or right. Commonly used for various content concerning writing, drawing, and schooling. Samsung’s pencil was previously red, Google’s green.
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✏️ Pencil
Also known as: ✏ Lead Pencil
Unicode: U+270F, U+FE0F
Image Variants

3D

Color

Flat

High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version: 1.0
Unicode Version: 1.1
Keywords
pencil
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| github | :pencil2: | |
| slack | :pencil2: | |
| discord | :pencil2: |
How It's Used in Language
Adjectives
- Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.
Verbs
- Write, draw, or trace with a pencil
- To write something using a pencil
- To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- Produce a literary work
- To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose
- To produce or create a literary or musical work.
- To construct by mental labor; to think up.
Nouns
- Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- Writing is a medium of communication that represents language through the inscription of signs and symbols.
- Representation of language in a textual medium
- Written letters or symbols that express some meaning.
- Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols.
- A system of characters used to write one or several languages.
- A writing; a written document.
- Letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
- Writing utensil that uses graphite (commonly referred to as lead). Regular pencils usually have a graphite shaft surrounded by wood. Also available in a mechanical version where the graphite length can be adjusted and sharpening is not needed.
- A writing implement or art medium usually constructed of a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing
- A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- A common writing utensil (made of a graphite shaft surrounded by wood) that uses graphite (commonly referred to as lead) to make marks on paper.
