microphone 🎤 Meaning, Copy & Platform Appearance
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Copy the 🎤 (microphone) symbol instantly by tapping the button. Perfect for social media posts and messages.
What does 🎤 microphone Mean?
The microphone 🎤 covers singing, karaoke, rapping, public speaking and podcasting — "karaoke tonight, I'm doing Sezen Aksu 🎤". It is also the standard emoji for announcing an interview, a panel slot or a live stream. On its own after a strong statement it means "mic drop": argument over, nothing more to add.
- 💡General Use: microphone
- 📱Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, X
Cultural Meaning & Social Media Tips
The mic-drop gesture went global after Obama closed the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner with "Obama out" and dropped the mic, and 🎤 has carried that finality ever since — often written as 🎤⬇️. Podcasters who want to look professional tend to prefer 🎙️, the studio microphone, so 🎤 skews toward live performance and karaoke. In Turkish group chats it is a reliable karaoke-night invitation on its own, no verb required.
How 🎤 Looks on Different Platforms
Emoji designs vary slightly between systems. Here is how the microphone emoji is rendered on major platforms like Apple, Google, and WhatsApp.
*Images come from open-licensed emoji sets (Twemoji CC BY 4.0, Noto Apache 2.0, OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0). Apple and WhatsApp sets are proprietary and cannot be hosted; the "Your Device" card shows your own OS emoji font — on iPhone/Mac that is the Apple design. Click any card to copy the emoji.
When to Use microphone?
Social Media
Just posted a new photo! 🎤
Messaging
Hey, check this out 🎤
Reaction
Wow, that's amazing! 🎤
Status
Feeling 🎤 today
How to Type microphone on Keyboard?
Windows 10/11 Shortcut
- Windows Key
- . (period)
- Type "microphone"
- Select 🎤
Mac (Macbook) Shortcut
- Control + Command + Space
- Search "microphone"
- Select 🎤
microphone HTML & CSS Codes
| Property | Value / Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Name | microphone | |
| Unicode Code | U+1F3A4 | |
| HTML Entity | 🎤 | |
| HTML Hex | 🎤 | |
| CSS Content | \01F3A4 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3A4} | |
| Emoji Version | Emoji 0.6 | |
| Year Added | 2010 | |
| Skin Tone Support | No |
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Graphics come from open-licensed sets: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0, Twitter/X), Noto Color Emoji (Apache 2.0, Google) and OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free to use with attribution.
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