☎ is the Unicode emoji BLACK TELEPHONE (“telephone”), code point U+260E (decimal 9742) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ☎, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 98 8E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+260E |
| Decimal | 9742 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 8E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 260E |
| UTF-32 | 0000260E |
| HTML decimal | ☎ |
| HTML hex | ☎ |
| HTML named | ☎ |
| CSS | \260E |
| JavaScript | \u260E |
| JSON | \u260E |
| Python | \u260E |
| Python by name | \N{BLACK TELEPHONE} |
| Java, C# | \u260E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{260E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u260E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%98%8E |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | BLACK TELEPHONE |
| Emoji name | telephone |
| Code point | U+260E (decimal 9742) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols
- ☆ U+2606 White Star
- ☇ U+2607 Lightning
- ☈ U+2608 Thunderstorm
- ☉ U+2609 Sun
- ☊ U+260A Ascending Node
- ☋ U+260B Descending Node
- ☌ U+260C Conjunction
- ☍ U+260D Opposition
- ☏ U+260F White Telephone
- ☐ U+2610 Ballot Box
- ☑ U+2611 Check box with check
- ☒ U+2612 Ballot Box With X
- ☓ U+2613 Saltire
- ☔ U+2614 Umbrella with rain drops
- ☕ U+2615 Hot beverage
- ☖ U+2616 White Shogi Piece
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ☎?
- Use the named entity ☎, or ☎ (decimal) or ☎ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+260E?
- E2 98 8E (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%98%8E.
- How do I write U+260E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u260E. Python: \u260E.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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