The electric plug emoji is your tiny SOS flare for battery anxiety—perfect for “phone at 2%” drama, power-up flexes, or saying you’re finally connecting with someone or something. It doubles as slang for “the plug,” aka your hookup/source for coveted items, tickets, or info, so people drop it when they’re shouting out a reliable supplier or teasing an insider connection. You’ll also see it paired with the lightning bolt when the vibes are high-voltage, the playlist is electric, or the group chat needs an energy jolt. Sarcastically, it’s clutch for “unplugging from chaos,” clowning a dead Wi‑Fi situation, or announcing a much-needed social media recharge.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji shows a dark gray-to-black plug body with two silver flat prongs pointing right (very US-style), a sleek highlight on the plastic, and a curved black cord trailing left—clean, slightly glossy, and angled like it’s mid-dangle from an outlet. That familiar two-blade silhouette makes you think of airport outlet scavenger hunts, the eternal charger wars at home, and that one friend who always “borrows” your power brick. People use it flirtatiously to hint at chemistry (“we’re plugged in”), dramatically when life needs more juice, and humorously as a PSA that their laptop’s about to peace out. In memes, it’s the go-to for “charge up,” “tap in,” and “stay connected” energy—half practical, half hype machine.
Definition
The plug of a devise that uses electric energy (electronic). The plus is made up of metallic prongs that can be pushed into an electric outlet to provide power to an electronic devise through a conduit cord (protected wiring). This emoji is used most frequently when someone's mobile phone is running low on battery power. An intense emotional experience for anyone with mobile phone dependence (read addiction).
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
864 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
:electric_plug:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
ELECTRIC PLUG Temporary Notes: wall outlet
Symbol Information
U+1F50C proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-4FE
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[コンセント]
KDDI
#162 コンセント 「konsento」 U+E589 SJIS-F7A6 JIS-7828
Softbank
[コンセント]
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)
1f50c
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F50C
Decimal Code Point(s)
128268
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x8C
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 8C
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 214
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD0C
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd0c
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56588
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F50C
UTF-32 Hex
01F50C
UTF-32 Dec
128268
Python Src
u"\U0001F50C"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\x8c"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD0C"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
