Meaning
This emoji shows a crisp rectangular banknote rendered in green, the signature color of U.S. currency. The design features typical bill elements like numerical denomination markings and a formal, official appearance that immediately signals monetary value. The green coloring is instantly recognizable across virtually all platforms and cultures as American money.
The dollar banknote is the most frequently used currency in digital conversations worldwide. People deploy it when talking about prices, wealth, earnings, shopping, or any financial transaction. It's become shorthand for money itself in casual online discourse, especially in social media, gaming, and entertainment contexts where discussing earnings or spending is common.
Beyond literal money discussions, it represents financial success, hustle culture, and economic power. On social platforms, you'll see it in captions about getting paid, luxury purchases, or bragging about income. It's also used ironically or sarcastically when joking about expensive habits or mock-complaining about costs.
The dollar banknote emoji maintains consistent green styling across nearly all platforms, making it universally understood. Originally approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, it's become the de facto symbol for money in digital communication globally.
Common Uses
- • Discussing prices or costs
- • Celebrating a paycheck or income
- • Representing wealth or financial goals
- • Reacting to expensive purchases
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The dollar banknote is by far the most-used currency emoji across all platforms, appearing in millions of daily conversations about everything from grocery shopping to cryptocurrency investments.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:dollar: :dollar: :dollar: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 💵 |
| HTML (hex) | 💵 |
| CSS | \1F4B5 |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDCB5 |
| Python | \U0001F4B5 |
| Java | \uD83D\uDCB5 |
| Perl | \x{1F4B5} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F4B5} |
| Punycode | xn--2qwl |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%92%B5 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xB5 |
💵 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | ডলার ব্যাঙ্কনোট |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 美元 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 美金 |
| Danish | dollarseddel |
| Dutch | dollarbiljet |
| English | dollar banknote |
| English (UK) | dollar banknote |
| Estonian | dollari rahatäht |
| Finnish | dollariseteli |
| French | billet en dollars |
| German | Dollar-Banknote |
| Hindi | डॉलर नोट, बैंकनोट |
| Hungarian | dollár bankjegy |
| Italian | banconota Dollaro |
| Japanese | ドル札 |
| Korean | 달러 |
| Lithuanian | dolerio banknotas |
| Malay | wang kertas dolar |
| Norwegian | dollarseddel |
| Polish | banknot dolara |
| Portuguese | nota de dólar |
| Russian | банкнота доллара |
| Spanish | billete de dólar |
| Spanish (Mexico) | billete de dólar |
| Swedish | dollarsedel |
| Thai | ธนบัตรดอลลาร์ |
| Ukrainian | доларові банкноти |
| Vietnamese | tiền giấy đô la |