The antenna bars emoji is the universal mood ring for your phone: a stack of ascending signal bars that screams either "we’re so back" or "we’re in a dead zone." It represents cellular reception (not Wi‑Fi), so people drop it when bragging about full service, begging for a ping in the middle of nowhere, or explaining why that reply took six hours. It’s perfect for dramatic texts from elevators, tunnels, festivals, or the one corner of your apartment where the signal decides to respawn.
On Apple devices, it shows a clean row of blue, rounded rectangles stepping upward from left to right—the taller the bar, the stronger the vibe. No face, no fuss, just that slick iOS status-bar energy translated into emoji form. Online, it tags along with “can you hear me now?” jokes, gets used ironically when you absolutely had service but chose peace, and pairs well with airplane mode confessions and “send help, I’m camping” updates. Meme-wise, it doubles as a life meter—full bars when you’re thriving, one bar when everything’s buffering, including your emotions.
Definition
A blue button with the all too familiar 'bars' which represent wireless signal strength on it. You have full bars. iEmoji old name: Blue Square Antenna Signal.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
841 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
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LG Emoji Picture
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Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:signal_strength:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Antenna with Bars
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Names & Annotations
ANTENNA WITH BARS = cellular reception Temporary Notes: (good reception)
Symbol Information
U+1F4F6 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-838
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[バリ3]
KDDI
#381 圏内 U+EA84 SJIS-F357 JIS-7938
Softbank
#465 #old191 電波状況 U+E20B SJIS-F7AB
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e20b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E20B
Decimal Code Point(s)
57867
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x88 0x8B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 88 8B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 210 213
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE20B
UTF-16 Hex
e20b
UTF-16 Dec
57867
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E20B
UTF-32 Hex
E20B
UTF-32 Dec
57867
Python Src
u"\uE20B"
PHP Src
"\xee\x88\x8b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE20B"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
📶
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
📶
Decimal HTML Entity
📶
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
📶
Hex Code Point(s)
1f4f6
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4F6
Decimal Code Point(s)
128246
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0xB6
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 B6
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 266
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCF6
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcf6
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56566
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4F6
UTF-32 Hex
01F4F6
UTF-32 Dec
128246
Python Src
u"\U0001F4F6"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\xb6"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCF6"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
