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Telephone Symbol (☎)

The telephone symbol ☎ is Unicode U+260E, the classic desk telephone. Press Copy to put it on your clipboard.

Unicode
U+260E
HTML
☎
Word
260E Alt+X

How to type the telephone symbol (☎)

The quickest way is to press Copy above and paste. To type ☎ yourself, use the method for your device below.

Windows

  1. In Word or Outlook, type 260E and press Alt + X. Alt + X converts the hex code before the cursor into the character, and back again.
  2. Press Win + . to open the emoji panel, then search for “telephone”.

Mac

  1. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for telephone and double-click it.
  2. With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 260E.

Linux & ChromeOS

  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 260e, then press Enter or Space. Works in GTK and IBus apps (GNOME, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice) and on ChromeOS.

iPhone & iPad

  1. Open the emoji keyboard and search for “telephone” to insert ☎️, the colour emoji. For the plain text ☎, copy it from this page.
  2. Copy ☎ from this page, then go to Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement and add it with a shortcut such as ;tele. The shortcut then turns into the symbol as you type, in every app.

Android

  1. In Gboard, tap the emoji key and search for “telephone” to insert ☎️. For the plain text ☎, copy it from this page.
  2. Copy ☎ here, then open Gboard settings → Dictionary → Personal dictionary and add it with a shortcut.

Microsoft Word

  1. Type 260E, then press Alt + X.
  2. Insert → Symbol → More Symbols. Set “from” to Unicode (hex), type 260E in “Character code” and click Insert.

Google Docs

  1. Insert → Special characters, then search for “telephone” or draw it in the box.

Excel & Google Sheets

  1. Enter =UNICHAR(9742) in a cell. It works in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

HTML

  1. Write ☎ or ☎ in your HTML.

What does ☎ mean?

☎ is a classic desk telephone, named BLACK TELEPHONE in Unicode. It is a compact label for phone numbers on business cards, email signatures and contact pages, and it is one of the few symbols in this group with a named HTML entity, ☎. The outline twin is ☏, and ✆ is the telephone location sign that marks public phones on maps.

Common uses

  • Contact details: ☎ +44 20 7946 0000
  • Email signatures and flyers
  • Opening-hours and booking notices

Telephone Symbol codes for HTML, CSS and programming

Every code below produces ☎. Use the HTML entity in web pages, the CSS escape in content, and the escape sequence in source code.

Unicode code pointU+260E
HTML entity (named)☎
HTML decimal☎
HTML hex☎
CSS contentcontent: "\260E";
JavaScript"\u260E"
Python"\u260E"
Python (by name)"\N{BLACK TELEPHONE}"
Java / C#"\u260E"
UTF-8 bytesE2 98 8E
UTF-16260E
URL encoded%E2%98%8E

☎ vs look-alike characters

These characters look similar to ☎ but have a different meaning and code. Pasting the wrong one can break search, sorting and screen readers.

CharNameWhen to use it
White Telephone
U+260F		White telephone, the outline version.
Telephone Location
U+2706		Telephone location sign, a phone in a box.
Telephone Receiver
U+1F4DE		Telephone receiver emoji, used for “call”.
Mobile Phone
U+1F4F1		Mobile phone emoji.

Symbols similar to ☎

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  • Details

☎ character properties

Official Unicode name
BLACK TELEPHONE
Also known as
phone symbol, black telephone, call symbol
Code point
U+260E
Unicode block
Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
General category
Other symbol (So)
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane (0)
Emoji
Has an emoji form: ☎️ (add U+FE0F)

Frequently asked questions

What is the HTML code for the telephone symbol?

Use ☎ or ☎ to display ☎ in a web page.

Is there an alt code for the telephone symbol?

No. ☎ is outside the Windows-1252 and code page 437 character sets, so no Alt + number code produces it. Copy it from this page, type 260E then Alt + X in Word, or find it in Character Map.

How do I type the telephone symbol on a Mac?

There is no single Option shortcut for ☎ on the US layout. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for “telephone” and double-click it, or copy it from this page.

What is the HTML code for the telephone symbol?

Use the named entity ☎ or the numeric reference ☎ (hex ☎). All three display ☎ in every browser.

What is the Unicode for the telephone symbol?

☎ is U+260E, officially named BLACK TELEPHONE, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It has been part of Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).