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Eight O’Clock Emoji

Travel & Places • U+1F557 • Emoji 1.0 (2015)

Copy the Eight O’Clock emoji

Character🕗
HTML Entity🕗
Shortcode:eight-o-clock:
URL Encoded%F0%9F%95%97
CSS Escape\1F557

What does the Eight O’Clock emoji mean?

Eight O’Clock — shown as 🕗 — is part of the Travel & Places group. This emoji is designed to convey its concept instantly in messages, captions, social posts, and documents without needing extra explanation. Its official Unicode assignment is U+1F557, introduced with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Once your system has an updated emoji font, the character renders consistently wherever you paste it. Travel and place emojis anchor messages about location, movement, and geography. This icon is used for trip plans, commute updates, city highlights, and scenic posts where a visual placeholder for “place” is more compact than a written description. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of eight o’clock stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🕗), as an HTML entity (🕗), or as a shortcode (:eight-o-clock:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.

This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for eight o’clock — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.

How to use the Eight O’Clock emoji

  • In chat: Drop 🕗 into a sentence where you would normally write “eight o’clock” to add tone and visual interest.
  • On social media: Pair 🕗 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
  • In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🕗 or shortcode :eight-o-clock: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.

Technical details & cross-platform notes

CategoryTravel & Places
Unicode code pointU+1F557
Introduced inEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Shortcode:eight-o-clock:
HTML entity🕗
Platform renderingApple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays eight o’clock everywhere — only the art style changes.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Eight O’Clock mean?

Eight O’Clock — shown as 🕗 — is part of the Travel & Places group. This emoji is designed to convey its concept instantly in messages, captions, social posts, and documents without needing extra expl...

What is the Unicode code point?

Encoded at U+1F557, introduced in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Official name: "Eight O’Clock".

How do I copy the Eight O’Clock emoji?

Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.

Is the Eight O’Clock emoji free to use?

Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.

How is Eight O’Clock used in context?

It adds visual shorthand for eight o’clock in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.

Does it look the same on every device?

Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🕗 with their own style, colour, and shading.