Left Hand Telephone Receiver 🕻
🕻 (U+1F57B) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Left Hand Telephone Receiver is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: LEFT HAND TELEPHONE RECEIVER depicts a phone in the left hand. In messaging and interfaces, it signals a call or a request for contact. Use it to express dialing a number, requesting a call back, or indicating customer support or help desk contact. It can convey urgency or a need to reach someone in a chat thread or form. Be mindful that appearance varies across platforms, apps, and fonts, so color and style may differ in each setting. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text clearly conveys the intended action. If a platform lacks color emoji support, a monochrome or text‑style fallback may show the same idea. Cross‑platform, keep the meaning clear with concise text nearby and simple visuals for assistive tech.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F57B in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F57B - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 95 BB - UTF-16:
D83D DD7B - UTF-32:
0001F57B - HTML dec:
🕻 - HTML hex:
🕻 - JS escape:
\u{1F57B} - Python \N{}:
\N{LEFT HAND TELEPHONE RECEIVER} - Python \U:
\U0001F57B - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%95%BB - CSS escape:
\1F57B
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F57B or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🕻 (hex) or 🕻 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.