Card index dividers

The "card index dividers" emoji, 🗂️, represents a set of dividers typically found in card index systems and filing cabinets. This emoji is commonly used to represent organization, categorization, and sorting of information. It is a pictorial representation of physical dividers, designed to help users easily navigate through a collection of indexed cards or files.

The card index dividers emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. It is mainly depicted as a gray metallic or plastic card divider with tabs labeled A-Z or 1-31. The appearance of the emoji can vary slightly across different platforms but retains the essential design elements.

Did you know?

Did you know that card index systems were widely used in libraries, businesses, and personal collections before the digital age? These physical dividers, which the emoji represents, helped people maintain an organized and accessible record-keeping system. Nowadays, this emoji is often used metaphorically in digital communication to signify planning, structure, and efficient organization.