Telephone symbol (☎)
U+260E · BLACK TELEPHONE · Unicode 1.1 (1993)
How to type ☎
Windows
No Alt code
☎ is not in the Windows code pages 1252 or 437, so it has no Alt code. Use one of the methods below or copy it from this page.
Word and Outlook: Alt + X
260E Alt+X
Type 260E and press Alt+X right after it: Word turns the code into ☎. Press Alt+X again to turn it back into the code.
Emoji and symbols panel (Windows 10 and 11)
Win+.
Press Win + full stop (.) to open the panel and type “telephone symbol” to find ☎.
No numeric keypad on your laptop? See the other ways in our Alt codes guide.
Mac
Character Viewer
Ctrl+⌘ Cmd+Space
Press Ctrl+⌘+Space (or the Globe key + E), search for “telephone symbol” and click ☎ to insert it.
iPhone
Emoji keyboard
Open the emoji keyboard, tap the search field and type “telephone symbol” to find ☎.
Make a shortcut (Text Replacement)
Turn a short word into ☎ once and type it in any app:
- Copy ☎ from this page.
- Open Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement and tap +.
- Paste ☎ as the Phrase and type a Shortcut, for example ;teleph.
- Now type ;teleph anywhere: the keyboard suggests ☎.
Android
Make a shortcut (Gboard personal dictionary)
Teach your keyboard a short word that turns into ☎:
- Copy ☎ from this page.
- Open Gboard settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary, choose your language and tap +.
- Paste ☎ as the word and type a shortcut, for example ;teleph.
- Type ;teleph in any app and tap ☎ in the suggestions.
Linux
Unicode input
Ctrl+Shift+U 260e Enter
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 260e and press Enter or Space. Works in GTK apps and with IBus (GNOME, Ubuntu, Fedora).
What ☎ means and how it is used
The official Unicode name of ☎ is BLACK TELEPHONE, code point U+260E. You will find it in the Miscellaneous Symbols block; it was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).
It also goes by these names and keywords: phone.
It sits in the technical and keyboard symbols with 120 symbols, among them ⌀ ℡ ⌘ ⌥ ⇧.
Codes for HTML, CSS and JavaScript
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| HTML entity | ☎ | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ☎ | |
| HTML hex | ☎ | |
| CSS | content: "\260E"; | |
| JavaScript | \u260E | |
| URL | %E2%98%8E | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 8E | |
| Unicode | U+260E |
Will it show on my friend's phone?
Very likely yes: ☎ dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.
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Names in other languages
What ☎ is called in the 12 languages of this site (Unicode CLDR and our editors). Tap a name to open that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Telephone symbol |
| Português | Símbolo de telefone |
| Español | Símbolo de teléfono |
| Italiano | Simbolo telefono |
| Français | Symbole téléphone |
| Deutsch | Telefon-Symbol |
| Türkçe | Telefon sembolü |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Simbol telepon |
| Polski | Symbol telefonu |
| Русский | Символ телефон |
| 日本語 | 電話記号 (黒電話) |
| 한국어 | 전화 기호 |
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All Technical →Questions people ask
How do I type ☎ on a laptop without a numeric keypad?
On Windows press Win + full stop (.) and pick ☎ in the Symbols tab, or in Word type 260E and press Alt+X.
How do I type ☎ on an iPhone?
The iPhone keyboard has no key for ☎. Copy it here, then add it in Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement with a shortcut like ;teleph.
What is the HTML code for the telephone symbol?
Use the entity ☎ or the numeric code ☎ (hex ☎). In CSS write \260E, in JavaScript \u260E.
Will ☎ show on every phone?
Very likely yes: ☎ dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.