Keyword
sound emoji
18 emoji are annotated with “sound” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- earear
- ear: light skin toneear: light skin tone
- ear: medium-light skin toneear: medium-light skin tone
- ear: medium skin toneear: medium skin tone
- ear: medium-dark skin toneear: medium-dark skin tone
- ear: dark skin toneear: dark skin tone
- muted speakermuted speaker
- speaker low volumespeaker low volume
- speaker medium volumespeaker medium volume
- speaker high volumespeaker high volume
- loudspeakerloudspeaker
- megaphonemegaphone
- bellbell
- bell with slashbell with slash
- musical notemusical note
- musical notesmusical notes
- microphonemicrophone
- headphoneheadphone
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean sound?
- 18 emoji are annotated with “sound”.
- Which categories does sound span?
- Emoji annotated “sound” appear in People & Body and Objects. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged sound?
- They include 👂 ear, 👂🏻 ear: light skin tone, 👂🏼 ear: medium-light skin tone and 👂🏽 ear: medium skin tone. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.