The nine o’clock emoji is the universal “see you at nine” time-stamp—perfect for movie nights, dinner plans, or that painfully punctual morning meeting. It literally shows an analog clock set to 9:00, which people use to mark schedules, set curfews, or flex their on-time energy in group chats. It can also be ironic: dropping it when you’re already late, or when you absolutely will not be awake by 9 AM, thanks to last night’s doomscrolling. Cue the classic phrase twist: it’s always nine o’clock somewhere (close enough, right?).
On Apple devices, this looks like a clean, round analog clock: white face, light gray bezel, crisp black tick marks, and two black hands—the short one parked at 9, the long one pointing straight up at 12. It’s a minimal, dead-simple design you spot instantly in your notifications or calendar threads. People use it for “drinks at nine?” invites, “prime time at 9/8c” TV chatter, nostalgic nods to the Nine O’Clock News, or to signal bedtime mode like a responsible adulting speedrun. Bonus pun potential: dropping it when you’re dressed to the nines and ready by… nine.
Definition
An analog clock with the time nine o'clock displayed. 9:00.
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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)
1926 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
:clock9:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Clock Face Nine 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 9. "I don't get high till nine!" The clock images in iOS 5 were revamped with thinner borders and larger hands. iEmoji old Name: 9:00
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
CLOCK FACE NINE OCLOCK
Symbol Information
U+1F558 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-026
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
#369 #old44 時計(９時) U+E02C SJIS-F96C
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)
1f558
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F558
Decimal Code Point(s)
128344
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0x98
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 95 98
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 225 230
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD58
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd58
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56664
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F558
UTF-32 Hex
01F558
UTF-32 Dec
128344
Python Src
u"\U0001F558"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x95\x98"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD58"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
