What does π₯ mean?
Movie camera: filming, video, a movie, 'recording'.
Its official Unicode name is MOVIE CAMERA and its CLDR short name is "movie camera" (in Hungarian: "kamera"). 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).
- bollywood
- camera
- cinema
- film
- hollywood
- movie
- record
In Hungarian: felvΓ©tel, felvevΕ, film, mozi
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws π₯ 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+1F3A5. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- MOVIE CAMERA
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- kamera
- English name (CLDR)
- movie camera
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Objects Β· light & video
- Length
- 1 code point Β· 4 bytes in UTF-8 Β· 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :movie_camera:
Related emojis
- Television
- Camera
- Camera with flash
- Light bulb
- Film frames
- Film projector
- Clapper board
- Video camera
Frequently asked questions
What does the π₯ emoji mean?
Movie camera: filming, video, a movie, 'recording'.
How do I type the π₯ 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 "bollywood".
When was the π₯ 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.