U+1F3AE "🎮" Video Game Unicode Character

U+1F3AE "🎮" Video Game is a pictographic representation of a video game controller, typically depicted as a handheld gaming device with a directional pad and buttons. It was officially added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of the first set of emoji characters, designed for use in digital communication to symbolize gaming, play, or electronic entertainment. The character is widely used across various platforms and applications to convey activities related to video gaming, including playing, discussing, or sharing game-related content, and it often evokes nostalgia or enthusiasm for the gaming culture. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across different devices and software, allowing users to express a common interest in interactive digital media.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F3AE
Version Added	6.0
Name	Video Game
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🎮
HTML Hex Encoding	🎮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDFAE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F3AE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\udfae

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other
Emoji	Yes
Emoji Presentation	Yes
Extended Pictographic	Yes