Paintbrush

Unicode lists 🖌️ Paintbrush among the writing tools in the Objects group. Typical contexts are painting.

🖌️ fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Household Items. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.7, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F58C.

• 🖌️ on its own already flags the topic: painting.
• Fits messages about painting.
• Often seen near 🖍️ Crayon, 🖊️ Pen and 🖋️ Fountain Pen.

• 🖌️📝 – Paintbrush and Memo
• 🖌️🖍️ – Paintbrush with Crayon
• 🖌️✒️ – Paintbrush plus Black Nib
• 🖌️🖊️ – Paintbrush and Pen
• 🖌️✏️ – Paintbrush with Pencil
• 🖌️🖋️ – Paintbrush plus Fountain Pen

Easy to mix up with 🖍️ Crayon, 🖊️ Pen or 🖋️ Fountain Pen. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.