U+1F557 "🕗" Clock Face Eight Oclock Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F557 "🕗" Clock Face Eight Oclock is a graphical symbol representing a classic analog clock with its hour and minute hands positioned to indicate eight o'clock typically with the longer hand pointing straight up to the 12 and the shorter hand pointing directly to the 8. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and is widely used in digital communication to represent the specific time of eight o'clock either in the morning or evening depending on context. This character is part of a set of emoji clocks that allow users to convey precise time visually without using text making it useful for scheduling reminders or setting moods in messaging and social media platforms. As a pictographic representation it adds a clear and universally understood temporal reference to text based conversations.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F557
Version Added 6.0
Name Clock Face Eight Oclock
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 0x95 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83D 0xDD57
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F557
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83d\udd57

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