The three o’clock emoji is your tiny pocket scheduler, pointing the hour hand straight at 3 and the minute hand at 12—aka three on the dot. People drop it to confirm meetups (be there at three sharp), signal an afternoon coffee refill, or dramatize the 3 PM energy crash. Flip it to late-night vibes and it doubles as the 3 AM “why am I still awake?” insomnia mood, perfect for chaotic tweets and doomscroll confessionals. It also shows up in countdown posts and merch-drop teasers: doors open at 🕒, don’t be late.
On Apple/iOS, the clock is a clean, front-facing white dial with a neat gray-silver bezel, black hour and minute hands, and a slim red second hand that pops against the minimal tick marks. No numbers—just crisp marks and a tidy, modern look that screams punctuality with a side of design snob. You can practically hear the imaginary tick as it stares you down for being two minutes late to your own calendar invite.
Culturally, it nods to after-school freedom at 3 PM, British-style tea time, and the internet’s favorite “it’s 3 o’clock somewhere” joke (close enough to the 5 o’clock version to be cheeky). It’s snarky when someone texts “omw” and you reply with this, and low-key flirty as a casual “coffee at 3?” ping. And for the spooky crowd, it winks at the viral 3 AM challenge—use with a flashlight under your chin for maximum drama.
Definition
An analog clock with the time three o'clock displayed. 3:00.
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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)
1747 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
:clock3:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Clock Face Three 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 3. The clock images in iOS 5 were revamped with thinner borders and larger hands. iEmoji old Name: 3:00
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
CLOCK FACE THREE OCLOCK
Symbol Information
U+1F552 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-020
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
#363 #old38 時計(３時) U+E026 SJIS-F966
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)
1f552
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F552
Decimal Code Point(s)
128338
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0x92
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 95 92
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 225 222
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD52
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd52
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56658
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F552
UTF-32 Hex
01F552
UTF-32 Dec
128338
Python Src
u"\U0001F552"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x95\x92"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD52"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
