Left speech bubble Emoji

Smileys

A simple, rounded square shape with a triangular point extending from the lower-left corner, resembling an empty comic book dialogue box. It is rendered in a neutral grey or blue tone, functioning as a placeholder for spoken text.

Usage Context

Used to denote speech, a conversation, or a reply in digital messaging. It serves as a visual prompt to indicate that a character or user has something to say, often pairing well with emojis like 💬 or 💭 to show thoughts or ongoing dialogue threads.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this design stems from long-standing conventions in print comics and early computer-mediated communication where clear, directional bubbles were used to attribute dialogue to specific speakers in a layout.

Details

Glyph

🗨

Unicode

U+1F5E8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f5e8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDDE8;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory emotion

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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