Card index emoji meaning

The card index emoji shows a small box or container with visible cards inside, resembling a traditional card filing system used in offices before the digital age. This type of system was designed for organizing and storing physical information, such as contact details or important notes. The emoji is often associated with keeping records, staying organized, or referencing older office tools from the past. It can also symbolize filing, archiving, or handling data in a more classic and hands-on way. Though less common in modern times, this image serves as a reminder of how tasks like managing information were done before everything became digital.

The card index emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026