U+1F57E "🕾" White Touchtone Telephone Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1F57E "🕾" White Touchtone Telephone is a pictographic symbol representing a classic telephone handset with a touchtone keypad, depicted in a white or light gray silhouette style. It was introduced as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 under the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, serving as a digital icon for landline telephones, particularly those with push button dialing rather than rotary models. While it is visually distinct from other telephone emoji like the black receiver or mobile phone, its adoption in text and messaging platforms has been limited, often overshadowed by more common variants. The character encodes a specific historical and technological reference to mid to late 20th century telecommunications equipment, making it a niche but precise symbol for conveying phone related concepts in plain text environments.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
🕾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
🕾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD83D 0xDD7E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001F57E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud83d\udd7e |
Unicode Properties