🔉
speaker medium volume
Unicode: 1F509
Description
An emoji depicting a speaker icon, usually black or white, with varying numbers of sound waves emanating from it, indicating sound or audio.
Group:
Objects > sound
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, or indicating the presence of sound/audio. Can convey 'on', 'volume up', or 'audio enabled'.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010) as part of a set of utility and user interface symbols. Its design is based on standard iconography for audio output device.
Usage Examples
- Indicating audio is playing: 'The music is on. 🔊'
- Prompting to turn on sound: 'Turn on sound for this video! 🔊'
- Referring to an audio feature: 'Click the speaker icon to listen. 🔊'
- Adjusting volume: 'Volume up! 🔊'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Universally recognized as a symbol for audio playback or volume control.
East Asian culture:
Same universal recognition as a symbol for audio.