socks Emoji
🧦 · U+1F9E6 · Emoji 5.0
What does the socks emoji mean?
When getting dressed or talking about clothing, people reach for the 🧦 emoji to represent socks, which are defined as a type of footwear that covers the foot and lower leg, typically made of fabric or textile materials. This emoji can also be used figuratively to express that someone has lost something, as in "lost their socks", or to refer to a sock puppet, a type of handmade toy. In slang, the 🧦 emoji can be used to convey that someone is being lazy or staying at home, often paired with other emojis like 👖 or 🛋️.
socks emoji examples
- just found a lone 🧦 in the washing machine
- staying home in my comfiest 🧦 and watching netflix all day
How to copy the socks emoji
To use the socks 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+1F9E6), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
socks emoji on different platforms
How the socks emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
socks Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🧦 |
| Name | socks |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1F9E6 |
| Shortcode | :socks: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 5.0 (2017) |
socks Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F9E6, added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :socks:.
People also search for the socks emoji as stocking.