Two o’clock is the punctual friend that says, “see you at 2” without wasting characters. It’s perfect for locking in meeting times, school pickup windows, or that dentist appointment you keep bravely postponing. Drop it to confirm “2 on the dot,” or to side-eye someone who’s eternally “five minutes out.” With the hands planted at 2 and 12, it broadcasts precision at a glance.
Culturally, it does double duty: 2 PM is the mid-afternoon slump; 2 AM is chaos hour. Expect it next to “u up?” messages, midnight snack confessions, and “why am I reorganizing my life at 2am” memes. It also fuels the cheeky line “it’s two o’clock somewhere,” a remix of happy-hour logic for coffee refills or impulsive decisions. It can read flirty (“text me at two 😉”), dramatic (“plot twist at 2”), or deliciously passive-aggressive when someone no-shows a planned time.
On Apple, you’ll spot a clean white clock face with a cool gray bezel, crisp black tick marks, and bold black hour and minute hands pointing to 2 and 12. The style has subtle shading and a slight 3D rim; many iOS versions add a slim red seconds hand resting up top for extra pop. No numerals—just sleek, minimalist vibes you recognize instantly on your keyboard. It’s front-on and crystal clear, ideal for quick visual timestamps in texts, DMs, and posts.
Definition
An analog clock with the time two o'clock displayed. 2:00.
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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)
1865 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
:clock2:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Clock Face Two 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 2. The clock images in iOS 5 were revamped with thinner borders and larger hands. iEmoji old Name: 2:00
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
CLOCK FACE TWO OCLOCK
Symbol Information
U+1F551 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-01F
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
#362 #old37 時計(２時) U+E025 SJIS-F965
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)
1f551
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F551
Decimal Code Point(s)
128337
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0x91
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 95 91
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 225 221
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD51
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd51
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56657
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F551
UTF-32 Hex
01F551
UTF-32 Dec
128337
Python Src
u"\U0001F551"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x95\x91"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD51"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
