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Online, ZZZ moonlights as both a lights-out sign-off and a ruthless boredom meter. Drop it when the meeting drags into hour two, when a “hot take” is room-temp, or to wink that you’re “sleeping on” an underrated artist (ironically, of course). It’s meme-ready for “this album? zzz,” a post-workout “KO,” and the dramatic “I’m unbothered—fast asleep.”

Paired with 😴, 🛌, 🌙, or ✨, it turns into a whole lullaby tableau; toss in a heart and it reads as a flirty goodnight. It also works as a soft ghosting cue—replying with ZZZ is the digital version of rolling over and hitting snooze on the drama.

The emoji itself is the comic-strip snore brought to life: your little blue sleep puff drifting off-screen. On Apple/iOS, it’s three shiny, stylized blue Zs climbing diagonally up and to the right, shrinking as they float, with a gentle gradient that screams bedtime comic-book energy. No face, no pillow—just pure snooze vibes. It’s not the sleeping face; ZZZ is the ambiance, not the person.

Definition

It is the ZZZ icon. Great icon if you're woken up by your phone just send this icon and that's case in point.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. 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.
2. 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)	990 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
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LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:zzz:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Sleeping Symbol Zzz ZZZ

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Comic Style Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory	Comic Style Symbols
Names & Annotations	SLEEPING SYMBOL Old name: SLEEPING SIGN Temporary Notes: Sleepy ("zzz")
Symbol Information	U+1F4A4 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-B59

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#157 'Sleepy (sleep)' 眠い(睡眠) 「眠i(睡眠)」 U+E701 SJIS-F9A6 JIS-752E
KDDI	#261 眠い(ＺＺＺ…) 「眠i(ＺＺＺ…)」 U+E475 SJIS-F64D JIS-752E
Softbank	#78 #old150 ZZZ(眠り) 「ZZZ(眠ri)」 U+E13C SJIS-F77C

Emoji Character Encoding Data

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)	1f4a4
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F4A4
Decimal Code Point(s)	128164
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xA4
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 92 A4
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 222 244
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDCA4
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddca4
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56484
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F4A4
UTF-32 Hex	01F4A4
UTF-32 Dec	128164
Python Src	u"\U0001F4A4"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x92\xa4"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDCA4"

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