🗨️ Left speech bubble emoji

The left speech bubble emoji means dialogue, quoted speech, or someone talking from one side of a conversation. It is useful for captions, comments, replies, and comic-style speech.

Use 🗨️ when a message needs a speech bubble but not the standard filled chat look. For the more common chat symbol, compare 💬 Speech balloon.

Could also be called left speech bubble, dialogue bubble, quote bubble or outlined speech emoji.

Other meanings

Dialogue, quote, comment, reply, speech bubble, conversation

Example Usage

Her reply changed the whole conversation 🗨️

Related emoji

Communication emojis

• 💬️ Speech balloon
• 👁️‍🗨️ Eye in speech bubble
• 🗯️ Right anger bubble
• 💭️ Thought balloon

Visual description

On iOS, this emoji is a white speech bubble with a black or grey outline and a tail pointing left. At small sizes, it looks like an outlined chat bubble.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.