📖 Emojipedix

Keycap: 0 0️⃣

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Symbols Keypad Characters

Codepoint U+0030 U+FE0F U+20E3
Shortcode :zero:
Version Emoji 0.6

Meaning

The keycap 0 is a white numeral zero displayed inside a bright red or blue square, mimicking the appearance of a physical keyboard key or digital display button. The number sits centered on the colored background, creating a bold, instantly recognizable symbol that feels tactile and clickable.

People use this mostly for counting, scoring, or representing the concept of "nothing" or "zero." It works great for game scores, rankings, or humorous contexts where you're emphasizing emptiness—like "my motivation level today: 0️⃣." In group chats, it's handy for tallying votes or listing numbered items without using plain text digits.

The keycap numbers (0-9) are part of a unified design system, making them popular for creating visual lists, scorecards, or sequential callouts in social media captions and posts. They feel more playful and graphically interesting than typing regular numbers, especially when you want to break up long text or highlight milestones.

Across platforms, the keycap design remains fairly consistent—always a numeral inside a colorful square. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, these keycap versions were among the earliest standardized number emoji, making them one of the foundational building blocks of modern digital communication.

Common Uses

  • Counting down or listing items numerically
  • Representing zero points or nothing
  • Creating scorecards or rankings
  • Emphasizing emptiness or lack jokingly

Popular Combos

0️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣🏆 0️⃣❌

Did You Know?

Keycap numbers were some of the very first emoji standardized—they predate most modern emoji by decades, originating from early mobile phone designs in Japan where numeric displays were common.

Keywords

0 keycap zero

Related Emoji

Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :zero:
Slack :zero:
Discord :zero:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
0️⃣
HTML (hex)
0️⃣
CSS
\30\FE0F\20E3
JavaScript
\u0030\uFE0F\u20E3
Python
\U00000030\U0000FE0F\U000020E3
Java
\u0030\uFE0F\u20E3
Perl
\x{30}\x{FE0F}\x{20E3}
PHP / Ruby
\x{30}\x{FE0F}\x{20E3}
Punycode
xn--1c-1e6n-6hv
URL Encoded
0%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A3
UTF-8 Bytes
0x30 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F 0xE2 0x83 0xA3

0️⃣ in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali কিক্যাপ: 0
Chinese (Simplified) 按键: 0
Chinese (Traditional) 按鍵:0
Danish tast: 0
Dutch toets: 0
English keycap: 0
English (UK) keycap: 0
Estonian klahv: 0
Finnish näppäin: 0
French touches : 0
German Taste: 0
Hindi कीकैप: 0
Hungarian gombfej: 0
Italian tasto: 0
Japanese 囲み数字: 0
Korean 키 캡: 0
Lithuanian mygtukas: 0
Malay butang kekunci: 0
Norwegian taster: 0
Polish klawisz: 0
Portuguese tecla: 0
Russian клавиша 0
Spanish tecla: 0
Spanish (Mexico) tecla: 0
Swedish tangent: 0
Thai ปุ่มกดเลข: 0
Ukrainian клавіша: 0
Vietnamese mũ phím: 0