๐Ÿ“ดMobile phone off symbol
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๐Ÿ“ด Emoji meaning

Quiet please! Break, focus, airplane mode, offline, unavailable.

๐Ÿ“ด Meaning

Mobile phones should be switched off, e.g. in the cinema or in the hospital. Can also be used to signalize: I am unavailable!

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Mobile phone off
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Fax machine

Fax machine vs mobile phone off; both boxy devices with phone symbolism, context clarifies โ€˜officeโ€™ vs โ€˜offโ€™.

Mobile phone off
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Vibration mode vs mobile phone off; both smartphones with small symbols, used for phone status.

Mobile phone off
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Locked

Mobile phone off vs locked; both used metaphorically for โ€˜not availableโ€™ or โ€˜do not disturbโ€™.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œMobile phone offโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- mobile phone off

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ mobile phone off

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ cell + mobile + off + phone + telephone

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

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- off

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