What does ๐ Telephone Receiver mean?
Just the handset of a phone, the part you hold to your ear. It is the go-to symbol for making or taking a call: โcall meโ, โon a callโ, โphone number belowโ. Businesses place it in front of contact details, and friends use it to ask for a quick voice chat instead of endless texting. It feels more active than โ๏ธ, which shows the whole device, and more general than ๐ฑ.
๐ Telephone Receiver is an emoji from the Objects category (phones), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about communication, phone, voip and call.
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๐ Telephone Receiver on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Telephone Receiver looks on each platform.
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Telephone Receiver emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Telephone Receiver emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :telephone_receiver:.
When was the Telephone Receiver emoji added?
๐ Telephone Receiver was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Telephone Receiver. The underlying code (U+1F4DE) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.