What does 📸 mean?
Camera with flash: taking a photo, 'pic', a photo post.
Its official Unicode name is CAMERA WITH FLASH and its CLDR short name is "camera with flash" (in Hungarian: "fényképező vakuval"). It belongs to the Objects group and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- camera
- flash
- video
In Hungarian: fényképezőgép, kamera, vaku, videó
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 📸 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F4F8. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- CAMERA WITH FLASH
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- fényképező vakuval
- English name (CLDR)
- camera with flash
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Objects · light & video
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :camera_flash:
Related emojis
- Movie camera
- Television
- Camera
- Light bulb
- Film frames
- Film projector
- Clapper board
- Video camera
Frequently asked questions
What does the 📸 emoji mean?
Camera with flash: taking a photo, 'pic', a photo post.
How do I type the 📸 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "camera".
When was the 📸 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 1.0 (2015), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.