paintbrush Emoji
🖌️ · U+1F58C U+FE0F · Emoji 0.7
What does the paintbrush emoji mean?
Literally, 🖌️ represents a paintbrush, an artistic tool used for applying paint to a surface, whereas figuratively and in slang, it symbolizes creativity, artistic expression, or a touch-up, as in enhancing one's appearance or correcting a mistake. This dichotomy allows the paintbrush emoji to convey a range of meanings, from the literal act of painting to the more abstract concepts of imagination and self-improvement. In digital communication, 🖌️ can also imply a fresh start or a new perspective, inviting the recipient to think creatively or view something from a different angle.
paintbrush emoji examples
- just painted my room and it looks amazing 🖌️
- need a digital touch-up for this photo can you work your magic 🖌️
How to copy the paintbrush emoji
To use the paintbrush emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F58C U+FE0F), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
paintbrush emoji on different platforms
How the paintbrush emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji). See image credits.
paintbrush Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🖌️ |
| Name | paintbrush |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1F58C U+FE0F |
| Shortcode | :paintbrush: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 0.7 (2014) |
paintbrush Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F58C U+FE0F, added in Emoji 0.7 (2014). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :paintbrush:.
People also search for the paintbrush emoji as painting.