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🎤 Microphone
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🎤 Emoji meaning
Singing, speech, performance, karaoke, concert, stage, or podcast.
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🎤 Meaning
“We're going to the karaoke bar“ or “The concert was amazing!“ Emoji is associated with speaking or singing in front of several people, for example at events. May also indicate a person's talkativeness or the craving for recognition.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Studio microphone vs microphone; both indicate singing, podcasting, or speech.
Microphone vs headphone; both audio-related icons used in context of music, podcasts or streaming.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Microphone” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ music + sing + sound
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ microphone
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ karaoke + mic
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords removed
- karaoke
