🎤 Microphone emoji: meaning, copy and paste

How to type it

Windows 10/11

Press Win + . (period) and start typing "karaoke".

Mac

Press Ctrl + Cmd + Space (or 🌐 + E) and search for "karaoke".

iPhone, Android

Open the emoji keyboard, tap search and type "karaoke".

GitHub, Slack, Discord

Type :microphone: – most chat apps accept the same shortcode.

Word

Type 1F3A4 and press Alt + X.

What does 🎤 mean?

Microphone: singing, karaoke, a speech – and the 'mic drop', nothing more to say.

Its official Unicode name is MICROPHONE and its CLDR short name is "microphone" (in Hungarian: "mikrofon"). 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).

karaoke
mic
music
sing
sound

In Hungarian: hangjegyek, karaoke, zene

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+1F3A4. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.

Technical details

Official name: MICROPHONE
Hungarian name (CLDR): mikrofon
English name (CLDR): microphone
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
Group: Objects · music
Length: 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
Shortcode: :microphone:

Related emojis

Musical score
Musical note
Musical notes
Headphone
Studio microphone
Level slider
Control knobs
Radio

Frequently asked questions

What does the 🎤 emoji mean?

Microphone: singing, karaoke, a speech – and the 'mic drop', nothing more to say.

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 "karaoke".

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.