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Three O’Clock Emoji

Travel & Places • U+1F552 • Emoji 1.0 (2015)

Copy the Three O’Clock emoji

Character🕒
HTML Entity🕒
Shortcode:three-o-clock:
URL Encoded%F0%9F%95%92
CSS Escape\1F552

What does the Three O’Clock emoji mean?

The Three O’Clock emoji (🕒) depicts a three o’clock and belongs to the Travel & Places category of the Unicode emoji standard. It is a widely recognised symbol that works across modern devices and platforms. Under the hood it lives at U+1F552 and debuted in Emoji 1.0 (2015). That code point is what lets you copy and paste it between apps without losing meaning. 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 three 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 (:three-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 three o’clock — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.

How to use the Three O’Clock emoji

  • In chat: Drop 🕒 into a sentence where you would normally write “three 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 :three-o-clock: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.

Technical details & cross-platform notes

CategoryTravel & Places
Unicode code pointU+1F552
Introduced inEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Shortcode:three-o-clock:
HTML entity🕒
Platform renderingApple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays three o’clock everywhere — only the art style changes.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Three O’Clock mean?

The Three O’Clock emoji (🕒) depicts a three o’clock and belongs to the Travel & Places category of the Unicode emoji standard. It is a widely recognised symbol that works across modern devices and pl...

What is the Unicode code point?

Encoded at U+1F552, introduced in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Official name: "Three O’Clock".

How do I copy the Three 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 Three 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 Three O’Clock used in context?

It adds visual shorthand for three 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.