The radio emoji beams out big retro energy, perfect for anything music, podcasts, or “tune in at 8” announcements. People drop it to hype a playlist, tease a live stream, or do a cheeky "signal boost" for friends and causes. Used with a wink, it can scream "breaking news" about petty drama, or, ironically, it can represent radio silence when the group chat ghosts you. It also works flirty—“dedicating this song to you, caller number one”—or nostalgic, summoning drive-time DJs and crackly AM jokes.
On Apple devices, it’s a compact silver radio with a circular speaker grille on the left, two dark knobs, and a slim blue‑green tuner window with a tiny red marker line. A telescoping antenna leans to the upper right, giving it that “portable on-the-go” vibe, with soft shading and a slightly 3D face-on angle. Those instantly recognizable details sell the old-school feel, like a transistor your grandparent kept on the kitchen counter. Culturally, it nods to the golden age of radio, pirate broadcasts, emergency alerts, and the eternal road-trip ritual of scanning for a station that isn’t just static.
Definition
An old radio receiver with antenna and speaker. Single unit probably monaural sound.
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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)
1198 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:radio:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Radio Reciever
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Audio and Video Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Audio and Video
Names & Annotations
RADIO
Symbol Information
U+1F4FB proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-81F
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ラジオ]
KDDI
#338 ラジオ 「rajio」 U+E5B9 SJIS-F7E9 JIS-786B
Softbank
#248 #old130 ラジオ 「rajio」 U+E128 SJIS-F768
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)
e128
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E128
Decimal Code Point(s)
57640
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x84 0xA8
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 84 A8
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 204 250
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE128
UTF-16 Hex
e128
UTF-16 Dec
57640
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E128
UTF-32 Hex
E128
UTF-32 Dec
57640
Python Src
u"\uE128"
PHP Src
"\xee\x84\xa8"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE128"
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)
1f4fb
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4FB
Decimal Code Point(s)
128251
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0xBB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 BB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 273
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCFB
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcfb
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56571
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4FB
UTF-32 Hex
01F4FB
UTF-32 Dec
128251
Python Src
u"\U0001F4FB"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\xbb"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCFB"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
