Pencil Icon

Q: When should I use it instead of a similar icon?

Use it for edit controls on an address or billing card in account settings that open its form, hover controls beside a document or board title that turn it into an input for renaming, and freehand tools in a sketch or whiteboard app that draw a thin hard line with no pressure. For soft painted strokes with a size and opacity in a photo app, use the Brush icon. For a new post or compose button above a feed or an inbox, use the Notepad Edit icon. For signing a contract or an approval form by hand, use the Pen Nib icon.

Diagonal pencil with a sharpened tip, for edit actions, sketching and freehand drawing. Available in 4 styles (outline, solid, duotone and filled) as a React component you install with the shadcn CLI.

Preview

Pencil icon in outline, solid, duotone and filled styles

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20px
24px
32px

Install and code

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @reui/icons/default/filled/pencil

Writes reui/icons/default/filled/pencil.tsx

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Pencil icon in shadcn/ui components

Button

Icon button

Button group

Badge

EditedEditedEdited

Dropdown menu

Input group

Pencil icon FAQ

What does this icon show?

Diagonal pencil with a sharpened tip, for edit actions, sketching and freehand drawing. Typical uses: edit button on a table row, pencil tool in a sketch app and rename an item inline.

When should I use it instead of a similar icon?

Use it for:

Edit controls on an address or billing card in account settings that open its form
Hover controls beside a document or board title that turn it into an input for renaming
Freehand tools in a sketch or whiteboard app that draw a thin hard line with no pressure

For soft painted strokes with a size and opacity in a photo app, use the Brush icon. For a new post or compose button above a feed or an inbox, use the Notepad Edit icon. For signing a contract or an approval form by hand, use the Pen Nib icon.

Which styles does it come in?

4 styles: Outline, Solid, Duotone and Filled. Every style is drawn on the same 24 by 24 grid and installs as its own file, so you can switch styles without touching the layout.

How do I install it with the shadcn CLI?

Copy the install command from the panel above, in the style you want, and run it in your project. The shadcn CLI adds the icon as a React component that you import and render like any other. It draws in the current text color, so your text color and size classes style it. Icon installs need a ReUI Ultimate license.

What icons go well with it?

Icons from the same family and the Design set: Bezier Curve, Brush, Bucket, Bucket Square, Color Swatch and Colors Square.

When was it added?

It joined the ReUI icon library on June 30, 2026.

For AI Agents

Hand your agent this brief or the ReUI MCP, not a screenshot. Installs with a ReUI Ultimate license.

When to use

Edit controls on an address or billing card in account settings that open its form
Hover controls beside a document or board title that turn it into an input for renaming
Freehand tools in a sketch or whiteboard app that draw a thin hard line with no pressure

When not to use

Soft painted strokes with a size and opacity in a photo app: use the Brush icon
A new post or compose button above a feed or an inbox: use the Notepad Edit icon
Signing a contract or an approval form by hand: use the Pen Nib icon

Agent notes

Name an icon-only button with its label, "Edit", as the aria-label

Markdownhttps://reui.io/icons/preview/pencil.md

MCPget_icon("pencil")

Installnpx shadcn@latest add @reui/icons/default/duotone/pencil

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