Both hands overlap here, stacked on each other and pointing straight up, the only clock face where the hour and minute hands land in the exact same spot. It's also the one hour that refuses to say whether it means noon or midnight, so whatever's attached, a countdown or a lunch invite, has to supply the missing half. The whole set of clock faces joined Unicode back in 2010.
What 🕛 means
A simple, circular clock with a silvery framework and a white dial with no displayed numbers, except that both hands point upwards, suggesting that it's twelve o'clock.
The 🕛 Twelve O'Clock emoji signifies mid-day or mid-night. Based on this significance, there are many recall-worthy superstitions, myths, religious/cultural beliefs, horror stories, and even Disney stories.
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone about a midnight or a mid-day plan, you can use 🕛 in that conversation.
- You can also use 🕛 while reposting or posting about a stream, a tune-in program, or anything of that kind that starts at 12:00 AM/PM.
- Going just by the midnight perception that starts a new day, generally celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or any other special occasion, 🕛 would be a cute emoji in that context. It works even better when the other person tends to forget dates. Like, "Happy anniversary 🕛 You forgot, again.".
- You can also use 🕛 to indicate the time you're heading out. For example, "The baby shower is at 2, so I'll leave around 🕛".
Other Names
- 🕛 Midnight
- 🕛 Mid-Day
- 🕛 12 O'Clock
- 🕛 When the Clock Strikes Twelve
- 🕛 New Day (12 AM)
- 🕛 Middle of the Night
- 🕛 12 AM
- 🕛 12 PM
- 🕛 Noon
- 🕛 Mid-Noon
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › time
- Codepoints
U+1F55B- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:clock12::twelve_oclock:Discord- Keywords
- 12, 12:00, clock, o’clock, time, twelve
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🕛 Twelve O’clock or 🤾♂️ Man Playing Handball?