Black Telephone
Block: Miscellaneous Symbols
- Symbol
- ☎
- Unicode
U+260E- Unicode name
- BLACK TELEPHONE
- Block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Category
- Symbol, Other
- Type
- Emoji character
Black Telephone (☎) is encoded as U+260E and has the formal Unicode name BLACK TELEPHONE. Unicode classifies it as Symbol, Other in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. Its name places it in the emoji pictograph family, which gives the page a narrower identity than the glyph alone. The code point is the stable identifier when fonts, copy-and-paste, or surrounding context make the glyph ambiguous.
Rendering Can Change Without Changing U+260E
Unicode defines the encoded identity U+260E, while the visible shape is produced by a font, emoji set, and shaping engine. Emoji platforms can redraw the same encoded character or sequence with different artwork, proportions, and color.
For identification, compare code points and sequence structure rather than expecting pixel-for-pixel consistency. Rendering can change while the underlying Unicode record stays the same.
Need to identify another character? Use what does ☎ mean? with the symbol itself, its Unicode value, or a description of how it looks.
Encoding ☎ in HTML and Source Text
U+260E = decimal 9742 = HTML ☎ / ☎. A Unicode escape-style form is u260E. Its UTF-8 bytes are E2 98 8E.
Use these identifiers in markup, source code, exports, or character diagnostics when the glyph alone is not enough.