📕️ Closed book emoji

A closed book with a solid cover, representing completed reading, stored knowledge, finished stories, and information ready for future access. Shows the book in its closed state, suggesting content waiting to be discovered or recently finished.

Closed books symbolize the potential for learning, entertainment, and knowledge acquisition. They represent libraries, education, completed studies, or books waiting to be read. The closed state suggests mystery, anticipation, or the satisfaction of finished reading.

Represents reading, education, literature, knowledge storage, and academic pursuits. Often used to discuss books, reading habits, education, or situations involving written knowledge and learning. Contrasts with 📖 Open book to show different states of reading engagement.

Could also be called Book, closed book, bound book or literature emoji.

Other meanings

Reading, literature, education, knowledge, books, learning, academic study

Example Usage

Adding this closed book 📕 to my reading list

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Visual description

A book with covers closed together, showing the spine and suggesting content contained within, ready for reading.

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