What does 📢 mean?
Loudspeaker: an announcement, a public notice, saying it loud.
Its official Unicode name is PUBLIC ADDRESS LOUDSPEAKER and its CLDR short name is "loudspeaker" (in Hungarian: "hangosbeszélő"). It belongs to the Objects group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- address
- communication
- loud
- public
- sound
In Hungarian: hangos, kikiált, közhírré tesz, közlemények, megafon
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+1F4E2. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- PUBLIC ADDRESS LOUDSPEAKER
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- hangosbeszélő
- English name (CLDR)
- loudspeaker
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Objects · sound
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :loudspeaker:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 📢 emoji mean?
Loudspeaker: an announcement, a public notice, saying it loud.
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 "address".
When was the 📢 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), 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.