U+1F4DE · emoji since 2010
The telephone receiver is a handset off the hook, ready to talk. It means call me, on the phone, or let's chat the old-fashioned way.
It marks phone calls, hotlines, and contact details, the icon for ring me when you can.
In texting, 📞 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 📞 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Telephone Receiver emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the telephone receiver emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 📞 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
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