Antenna bars Emoji
Symbols
A blue square icon containing four white vertical bars of increasing height. It looks exactly like the signal strength indicator found at the top of a mobile phone screen.
Usage Context
Used to describe the state of your internet connection or cell service. People post it to signal that they are experiencing bad reception, to jokingly claim they have 'full bars' of energy, or to confirm they are back online after being disconnected. It is often grouped with the 🔋 emoji to summarize the status of a device.
History
This icon was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to help mobile users communicate connection issues without needing to take a screenshot of their phone interface. It replicates the classic visual language used by early 2000s cellular networks to show how close a user was to a cell tower.
Details
Glyph
📶
Unicode
U+1F4F6
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4f6:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Symbols
Subcategory av-symbol
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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