Performing arts emoji 🎭
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F3AD
What 🎭 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Performing arts 🎭 is tagged with these keywords: actor, actress, art, arts, entertainment, mask, performing, theater, theatre, thespian.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing actor or actress in the emoji search brings up 🎭.
Performing arts 🎭 is one of 7 emoji in the arts and crafts subgroup of activities (85 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 performing arts.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type performing arts.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type performing arts in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type performing arts.
Codes for developers
Performing arts 🎭 is a single code point, U+1F3AD. 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+1F3AD | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🎭 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🎭 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F3AD"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3AD} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8E%AD | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8E AD |
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 | performing arts |
| Português | máscara |
| Español | máscaras de teatro |
| Italiano | maschere |
| Français | spectacle vivant |
| Deutsch | Masken |
| Türkçe | sahne sanatları |
| Bahasa Indonesia | seni drama |
| Polski | maski teatralne |
| Русский | маски |
| 日本語 | 舞台芸術 |
| 한국어 | 가면 |
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What does the performing arts emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🎭 "performing arts" and links it with actor, actress, art, arts. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arts and crafts subgroup of activities.
When was the performing arts 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 performing arts emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🎭 when you search for performing arts.