What does ๐ฃ๏ธ mean?
Speaking head: saying something out loud, shouting, 'listen!', or stressing a quote.
Its official Unicode name is SPEAKING HEAD IN SILHOUETTE and its CLDR short name is "speaking head" (in Hungarian: "beszรฉlล fej"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- face
- head
- silhouette
- speak
- speaking
In Hungarian: arc, beszรฉd, beszรฉl, fej, sziluett
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ๐ฃ๏ธ 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+1F5E3 U+FE0F. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
The trailing U+FE0F (emoji variation selector) asks the system to draw a colour emoji instead of a black-and-white text symbol. It is included when you copy it from here.
Technical details
- Official name
- SPEAKING HEAD IN SILHOUETTE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- beszรฉlล fej
- English name (CLDR)
- speaking head
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- Group
- People & Body ยท person symbol
- Length
- 2 code points ยท 7 bytes in UTF-8 ยท 3 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :speaking_head:
Related emojis
- Bust in silhouette
- Busts in silhouette
- People hugging
- Family
- Family: adult, adult, child
- Family: adult, adult, child, child
- Family: adult, child
- Family: adult, child, child
Frequently asked questions
What does the ๐ฃ๏ธ emoji mean?
Speaking head: saying something out loud, shouting, 'listen!', or stressing a quote.
How do I type the ๐ฃ๏ธ 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 "face".
When was the ๐ฃ๏ธ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.7 (2014), 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.