U+2315 "⌕" Telephone Recorder Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⌕
U+2315 "⌕" Telephone Recorder is a typographic symbol representing a telephone recording device, often used in older or technical contexts to indicate audio recording, transcription, or the presence of an answering machine. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block in Unicode, and its design typically depicts a circular drum or reel reminiscent of vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders, historically associated with telephone call logging or dictation equipment. Though largely obsolete in modern user interfaces due to the decline of physical tape media, the symbol remains available in Unicode for specialized documentation, historical references, or retro-themed designs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2315 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telephone Recorder |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⌕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⌕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8C 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2315 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002315 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2315 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |