Left speech bubble emoji 🗨️
Emoji 2.0 (2015) · U+1F5E8 U+FE0F
What 🗨️ means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🗨️ are balloon, bubble, dialog, left, speech. They show what people use it for.
Search for balloon or bubble on your emoji keyboard and 🗨️ is among the results.
You will find 🗨️ among the emotions (15 emoji), part of smileys & emotion with 172 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🗯️ 💭 💤 💋.
Will 🗨️ show on my friend's phone?
🗨️ has been around since Emoji 2.0 (2015), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type 🗨️
Search for left speech bubble in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🗨️.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type left speech bubble.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type left speech bubble in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type left speech bubble.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🗨️ is 2 code points (U+1F5E8 U+FE0F), 7 bytes in UTF-8 and 3 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F5E8 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🗨️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🗨️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F5E8 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F5E8}\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%97%A8%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 97 A8 EF B8 8F |
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 | left speech bubble |
| Português | balão de diálogo à esquerda |
| Español | bocadillo de diálogo por la izquierda |
| Italiano | fumetto a sinistra |
| Français | bulle de parole gauche |
| Deutsch | Sprechblase links |
| Türkçe | sol konuşma balonu |
| Bahasa Indonesia | gelembung ucapan kiri |
| Polski | lewostronny dymek |
| Русский | пустое облачко |
| 日本語 | 吹き出し左 |
| 한국어 | 왼쪽 말풍선 |
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All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the left speech bubble emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🗨️ "left speech bubble" and links it with balloon, bubble, dialog, left. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the emotions subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the left speech bubble emoji added?
In Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the left speech bubble emoji?
Search for left speech bubble in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🗨️.