Alarm clock emoji ⏰
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+23F0
What ⏰ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Alarm clock ⏰ is tagged with these keywords: alarm, clock, hours, hrs, late, time, waiting.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing alarm or clock in the emoji search brings up ⏰.
Alarm clock ⏰ is one of 31 emoji in the time and clocks subgroup of travel & places (221 emoji), next to ⏱️ ⏲️ 🕰️ 🕛.
Will ⏰ show on my friend's phone?
⏰ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ⏰
Any emoji picker finds ⏰ when you search for alarm clock.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type alarm clock.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type alarm clock in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type alarm clock.
Codes for developers
Alarm clock ⏰ is a single code point, U+23F0. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 1.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+23F0 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⏰ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⏰ | |
| CSS | content: "\23F0"; | |
| JavaScript | \u23F0 | |
| URL | %E2%8F%B0 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8F B0 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⏰ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | alarm clock |
| Português | despertador |
| Español | reloj despertador |
| Italiano | sveglia |
| Français | réveil |
| Deutsch | Wecker |
| Türkçe | çalar saat |
| Bahasa Indonesia | jam weker |
| Polski | budzik |
| Русский | будильник |
| 日本語 | 目覚まし時計 |
| 한국어 | 알람 시계 |
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All travel & places emoji →Questions people ask
What does the alarm clock emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⏰ "alarm clock" and links it with alarm, clock, hours, hrs. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the time and clocks subgroup of travel & places.
When was the alarm clock emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the alarm clock emoji?
Any emoji picker finds ⏰ when you search for alarm clock.