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๐Ÿ”Ž

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๐Ÿ”Ž︎ ๐Ÿ”Ž️
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🔎 U+1F50E, 🔎
RIGHT-POINTING MAGNIFYING GLASS
โ† 🔍
[U+1F50D]
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs 🔏 โ†’
[U+1F50F]

Translingual

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Description

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A right-facing magnifying glass.

Symbol

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๐Ÿ”Ž๏ธŽ

  1. Searching; inspecting; investigating.
  2. Detectives.
    • 2019 May 13, โ€œBeauty queen detective ๐Ÿ”Žโ€, in BBC[2] (in English):
      [Title]
  3. (graphical user interface) An icon to search something.
    • 2025 February 24, Outlook.com:
      [๐Ÿ”Ž๏ธŽ appears to the left of the search box.]
  4. (graphical user interface) An icon to zoom in or enlarge content.[1]

Usage notes

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Most operating systems near-universally use a left-facing magnifying glass (๐Ÿ”︎) to indicate searching.

References

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  1. ^ Robin Williams, Steve Cummings (1993) Jargon: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms[1], Peachpit Press, โ†’ISBN, page 205: โ€œYou might also have a magnifying glass tool, or a menu command for FatBits or a command to Enlarge.โ€

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