This round analog clock hits that dramatic 12:00 — the exact moment of either midnight magic or noon-day munchies. People drop it to say time’s up, zero hour, or that they’ll arrive right at the top of the hour. It also doubles as a vibe check: midnight mysteries, high-noon showdowns, or the classic race-against-the-deadline energy. Bonus: it’s perfect for trolling friends who can’t tell 12am from 12pm (we’ve all been there).
Culturally, it’s got Cinderella-at-midnight energy and New Year’s Eve countdown sparkle, while also standing in for lunch bell o’clock or a Western-style high noon duel. In texts, it signals a midnight release, a noon drop, or that exact moment you finally close the laptop. It can be flirtatious ('you up?' at 12) or dramatic (cue ominous soundtrack as the hands line up). Pair with fireworks, a moon or sun, and a calendar for instant event hype.
On Apple devices, you’ll spot a crisp white face with a light gray rim, clean tick marks, and both black hands pointing straight up like exclamation points. Often there’s a thin red second hand adding that urgent, heartbeat feel. No numerals, minimal shading, and a super recognizable, dead-center alignment that screams top of the hour.
Whether you mean witching hour or sandwiching hour, this tiny clock lands the punchline: it’s straight-up twelve.
Definition
An analog clock with the time twelve o'clock displayed. 12:00.
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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)
1553 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:clock12:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Clock Face Twelve OClock
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Clock Face Symbols
Editorial Comment
A gray and white clock with the minute hand at 12 and the hour hand at 12. The clock images in iOS 5 were revamped with thinner borders and larger hands. iEmoji old Name: 12:00
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
CLOCK FACE TWELVE OCLOCK
Symbol Information
U+1F55B proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-029
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#176 'Clock' 時計 U+E6BA SJIS-F95E JIS-7833
KDDI
#46 時計 U+E594 SJIS-F7B1 JIS-7833
Softbank
#360 #old47 時計(１２時) U+E02F SJIS-F96F
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)
1f55b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F55B
Decimal Code Point(s)
128347
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0x9B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 95 9B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 225 233
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD5B
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd5b
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56667
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F55B
UTF-32 Hex
01F55B
UTF-32 Dec
128347
Python Src
u"\U0001F55B"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x95\x9b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD5B"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
