Loudspeaker emoji 📢
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F4E2
What 📢 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Loudspeaker 📢 is tagged with these keywords: address, communication, loud, public, sound.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing address or communication in the emoji search brings up 📢.
Loudspeaker 📢 is one of 9 emoji in the sound subgroup of objects (268 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 loudspeaker.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type loudspeaker.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type loudspeaker in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type loudspeaker.
Codes for developers
Loudspeaker 📢 is a single code point, U+1F4E2. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F4E2 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 📢 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 📢 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F4E2"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4E2} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%93%A2 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 93 A2 |
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 | loudspeaker |
| Português | buzina |
| Español | altavoz de mano |
| Italiano | altoparlante |
| Français | haut-parleur |
| Deutsch | Lautsprecher |
| Türkçe | hoparlör |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pengeras suara |
| Polski | głośnik |
| Русский | громкоговоритель |
| 日本語 | 拡声器 |
| 한국어 | 확성기 |
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All objects emoji →Questions people ask
What does the loudspeaker emoji mean?
Unicode calls 📢 "loudspeaker" and links it with address, communication, loud, public. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sound subgroup of objects.
When was the loudspeaker 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 loudspeaker emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 📢 when you search for loudspeaker.