🕒️ Three o’clock emoji

What is 🕒️ called?

🕒️ is called the Three o’clock emoji.

What does 🕒️ mean?

🕒 is officially named three o’clock. A clock showing three o'clock, representing 3:00 PM in the afternoon or 3:00 AM in early morning. This time often represents mid-afternoon activities, school dismissal times, or early morning hours.

Use it for literal references to three o’clock and for afternoon activities, school timing, daily schedule markers. Both “3:00” and “three o’clock” name the shown time; three o’clock also means directly to the right as a direction. Related choices include 🕝 Two thirty and 🕞 Three thirty.

Other meanings

It can mean afternoon activities, school timing, daily schedule markers. Context determines whether the message is literal, scheduled, directional, or figurative.

Example Usage

School dismissal is at three o'clock 🕒 every weekday

The schedule marks three o’clock 🕒

More details

Officially named three o’clock. Its code point is U+1F552. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.

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Visual description

A clock face showing the hour hand pointing to three and the minute hand pointing to twelve.

Both “3:00” and “three o’clock” name the shown time; three o’clock also means directly to the right as a direction. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.