A thin, artist's paintbrush, as used to paint a picture. Often depicted with reddish paint on its pointed bristles. Positioned at a 45° angle, its tip at the lower left.

Commonly used for various content concerning the art of painting or fine art more generally. Often paired with 🎨 Artist Palette.

Paintbrush was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 under the name "Lower Left Paintbrush" and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.