Five o’clock Emoji

Travel

A classic analog clock face with the hour hand pointing to the five and the minute hand pointing straight up at the twelve. It represents the exact time of 5:00, whether in the morning or the evening.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to signal the end of a standard workday, the beginning of happy hour, or a scheduled meeting time. It acts as a visual anchor for plans, often paired with 🕓 for a countdown or 🕕 to show the passing of time.

History

Clock faces were added to the Unicode standard to bridge the gap between early digital calendar systems and mobile messaging. As mobile devices replaced physical wall clocks in messaging apps, these time-specific icons became the go-to way to coordinate plans without needing extra text.

Details

Glyph

🕔

Unicode

U+1F554

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f554:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD54;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory time

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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