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Three o’clock

Three o’clock Emoji

Travel

A classic analog clock face with the hour hand pointing directly at the three and the minute hand pointing straight up at the twelve. It represents the exact time of 3:00, either in the morning or the afternoon.

Usage Context

Used to coordinate meeting times, countdowns, or to signal that you are arriving at a specific hour. People often use it alongside other time indicators like 🕓 or 🕛 to suggest a duration or a busy schedule throughout the day.

History

Clocks were added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the emoji expansion to better support messaging platforms. The specific design of clock faces was standardized to ensure that they remained legible on small, low-resolution mobile screens common during that era.

Details

Glyph
🕒
Unicode
U+1F552
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f552:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Travel
Subcategory time
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
three o clock33:0015:00timelateearlyscheduleclockfaceo’clockappointmentdeadlinehours

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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