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Alarm clock Emoji

⏰ Alarm clock

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⏰ Emoji meaning

Time's running out! Time pressure, reminder, deadline, urgency.

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⏰ Meaning

“When shall we meet?” or “Don't forget our date!” The alarm clock often serves as a reminder or to indicate a deadline or urgency.

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Commonly confused with

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Alarm clock

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Watch vs alarm clock; both clock-like icons representing timekeeping.

Alarm clock

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Alarm clock vs stopwatch; both circular clock faces, used for timing or waking up.

Alarm clock

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Timer clock vs alarm clock; all small clocks used generically for time or countdown.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Alarm clock” 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

+ hours + hrs + late + time + waiting

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- alarm clock

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ alarm clock

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ alarm + clock

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- alarm

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