Meaning
The numeral "4" displays in bold white text inside a colored square, mimicking the look of a physical keyboard button or digital counter display. The straightforward design prioritizes clarity and immediate recognition, even in low-resolution or fast-scrolling contexts.
Use 4️⃣ for anything involving the number four—fourth place, a list of four items, or a four-star rating. In pop culture, "four" carries specific weight (like "four-leaf clover" superstitions or "four horsemen" references), but mostly people use this keycap for straightforward numbering. It's handy in voting chains, "four reasons why," or creating visual hierarchies in captions and posts.
The keycap 4 fits naturally into longer number sequences and feels more engaging than plain text digits. Gamers use it for difficulty levels or round numbers, and it's popular in structured content like "top four" lists on social media. Paired with other elements, it helps break up dense text and guide the reader's eye through information.
Design and rendering consistency across all platforms keeps this keycap looking uniform and dependable. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, the keycap 4 has been part of the foundational emoji toolkit since the very beginning of standardized digital emoji.
Common Uses
- • Listing four items or reasons
- • Indicating fourth place in a ranking
- • Creating visual numbered sequences
- • Marking difficulty level four
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The keycap 0-9 set is one of the most stable emoji groups—they've barely changed in design since 2010, unlike many other emoji that get periodic redesigns and facelifts.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:four: :four: :four: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 4️⃣ |
| HTML (hex) | 4️⃣ |
| CSS | \34\FE0F\20E3 |
| JavaScript | \u0034\uFE0F\u20E3 |
| Python | \U00000034\U0000FE0F\U000020E3 |
| Java | \u0034\uFE0F\u20E3 |
| Perl | \x{34}\x{FE0F}\x{20E3} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{34}\x{FE0F}\x{20E3} |
| Punycode | xn--1g-1e6n-6hv |
| URL Encoded | 4%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A3 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0x34 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F 0xE2 0x83 0xA3 |
4️⃣ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | কিক্যাপ: 4 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 按键: 4 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 按鍵:4 |
| Danish | tast: 4 |
| Dutch | toets: 4 |
| English | keycap: 4 |
| English (UK) | keycap: 4 |
| Estonian | klahv: 4 |
| Finnish | näppäin: 4 |
| French | touches : 4 |
| German | Taste: 4 |
| Hindi | कीकैप: 4 |
| Hungarian | gombfej: 4 |
| Italian | tasto: 4 |
| Japanese | 囲み数字: 4 |
| Korean | 키 캡: 4 |
| Lithuanian | mygtukas: 4 |
| Malay | butang kekunci: 4 |
| Norwegian | taster: 4 |
| Polish | klawisz: 4 |
| Portuguese | tecla: 4 |
| Russian | клавиша 4 |
| Spanish | tecla: 4 |
| Spanish (Mexico) | tecla: 4 |
| Swedish | tangent: 4 |
| Thai | ปุ่มกดเลข: 4 |
| Ukrainian | клавіша: 4 |
| Vietnamese | mũ phím: 4 |