The eight o’clock emoji is the analog clock locked at 8:00 on the dot. It’s the universal “meet me at eight” symbol, equally at home announcing 8 AM grind mode or 8 PM dinner plans depending on the vibe. On Apple/iOS it’s a clean, round white dial with a steel-gray rim, black hour and minute hands, and minimalist tick marks, shown straight-on; the short hand points to 8 while the long hand hits 12 like a mic drop. Visually simple, instantly legible, and perfect for giving your plans a timestamp without typing a single number.
People drop it in texts for dinner reservations, stream premieres, curfews, or that dreaded “stand-up at 8” energy. It pairs nicely with alarm bells and calendar emojis, and gets sarcastic fast in “omw” messages when everyone knows you’ll roll in at 8:37. It also does irony—“it’s 8 somewhere”—to justify cereal for dinner or calling it a night before prime time. Fun side note: the number 8 is considered lucky in several cultures, giving 8:00 an auspicious glow for launches and first meetings. Bonus association for coffee fans: it evokes Eight O’Clock Coffee and bleary-eyed mornings.
Definition
An analog clock with the time eight o'clock displayed. 8:00.
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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)
1950 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
:clock8:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Clock Face Eight OClock
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Clock Face Symbols
Editorial Comment
A clock with the minute hand at 12 and the hour hand at 8. The clock images in iOS 5 were revamped with thinner borders and larger hands. iEmoji old Name: 8:00
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
CLOCK FACE EIGHT OCLOCK
Symbol Information
U+1F557 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-025
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
#368 #old43 時計(８時) U+E02B SJIS-F96B
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)
1f557
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F557
Decimal Code Point(s)
128343
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0x97
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 95 97
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 225 227
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD57
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd57
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56663
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F557
UTF-32 Hex
01F557
UTF-32 Dec
128343
Python Src
u"\U0001F557"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x95\x97"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD57"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
