card index dividers
Unicode: 1F5C2 FE0F
Description
A three-dimensional folder icon, typically yellow or some other color, often depicted with a tab or a slightly open appearance.
Group:
Objects > office
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, descriptive, or indicative of organization and storage.
Backstory
This emoji represents a classic folder icon, a staple in graphical user interfaces since the inception of personal computing. The folder icon visually organizes and stores digital files. The 'FE0F' is a variation selector that ensures the emoji is displayed as a colored emoji rather than a monochromatic text character.
Usage Examples
- Organizing files: 'Time to sort out all my documents! 🗂️'
- Referring to historical archives: 'Let's check the old project files 🗂️'
- Indicating a collection of data: 'All the research notes are in this folder 🗂️'
- Requesting to check a directory: 'Can you look in the shared drive 🗂️?'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent digital folders, file organization, or document storage. Widely understood for its literal function.
East Asian culture:
Similar meaning, representing file organization and storage. No significant cultural divergence from its literal use as a digital folder.