# 📠 Fax machine emoji

📠 Fax machine is an emoji in the phones set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: communication.

- Emoji: 📠
- Unicode name: fax machine
- Code points: U+1F4E0
- Category: Objects, Phones
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :fax:
- Keywords: communication, fax, machine
- Page: https://emojichart.com/fax-machine-emoji

## What it means

An office device that sends paper documents over a phone line. It brings to mind old-school office technology and paperwork, and gets used for sending faxes, bureaucracy and jokes about outdated tech.

## How to type 📠

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “fax machine”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “fax machine”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “fax machine”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “fax machine”.
- GitHub: Type :fax: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | máquina de fax | comunicación, fax, máquina de fax |
| Français (fr) | fax | communication, fax, télécopieur |
| Deutsch (de) | Faxgerät | Fax, Faxgerät, Kommunikation |
| Italiano (it) | fax | computer, comunicazione, fax, periferiche, stampante, ufficio |
| Português (pt) | fax | comunicação, fax, máquina de fax |
| Nederlands (nl) | fax | communicatie, fax, faxapparaat |
| Svenska (sv) | fax | fax, kommunikation |
| Polski (pl) | faks | biuro, faks |
| Türkçe (tr) | faks makinesi | faks makinesi, iletişim |
| Русский (ru) | факс | бумага, сообщение, факс |
| Українська (uk) | факс | телефакс, факсимільний апарат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | συσκευή φαξ | επικοινωνία, συσκευή φαξ, φαξ |
| العربية (ar) | فاكس | تلفاكس, تواصل, فاكس, ماكنة |
| עברית (he) | מכשיר פקס | פקס, פקסימיליה |
| فارسی (fa) | دستگاه نمابر | دستگاه فاکس, دستگاه نمابر, دورنگار, فاکس, نمابر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | फ़ैक्स मशीन | फ़ैक्स, फ़ैक्स मशीन, संचार |
| বাংলা (bn) | ফ্যাক্স মেশিন | ফ্যাক্স, ফ্যাক্স মেশিন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | mesin faks | faksimili, komunikasi, mesin faks |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | máy fax | fax, máy fax |
| ไทย (th) | แฟกซ์ | เครื่องแฟกซ์, แฟกซ์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ファックス | FAX, ファックス, 複合機, 電話 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 팩스 | 커뮤니케이션, 팩스, 팩스기, 팩시밀리 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 传真机 | 传真, 传真号, 传真机, 发传真 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 傳真機 | FAX, 傳真機 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): faksmasjien
- Akan (ak): faase afidie
- Albanian (sq): faks
- Amharic (am): ፋክስ ማሽን
- Armenian (hy): ֆաքսի մեքենա
- Assamese (as): ফেক্স মেচিন
- Azerbaijani (az): faks aparatı
- Bashkir (ba): факс аппараты
- Basque (eu): faxa
- Belarusian (be): факсімільны апарат
- Bosnian (bs): faks
- Breton (br): pelleiler
- Bulgarian (bg): факс
- Burmese (my): ဖက်စ် စာပို့စက်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): télécopieur
- Cantonese (yue): 傳真機
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 传真机
- Catalan (ca): fax
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ ᎪᏪᎵ ᏫᎦᏅᎥᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): факс аппарачӗ
- Croatian (hr): faks
- Czech (cs): fax
- Danish (da): fax
- Estonian (et): faksimasin
- Faroese (fo): telefaks
- Filipino (fil): fax machine
- Finnish (fi): faksi
- Galician (gl): fax
- Georgian (ka): ფაქსი
- Gujarati (gu): ફૅક્સ મશીન
- Hausa (ha): injin faks
- Hungarian (hu): faxkészülék
- Icelandic (is): fax
- Igbo (ig): igwe ozi faasị
- Irish (ga): meaisín facsála
- Javanese (jv): mesin faks
- Kalaallisut (kl): fax
- Kannada (kn): ಫ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್ ಯಂತ್ರ
- Kazakh (kk): факс машина
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): فاكس ماشينا
- Khmer (km): ម៉ាស៊ីនហ្វាក់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): imashini ya fagisi
- Konkani (kok): फॅक्स मशीन
- Kyrgyz (ky): факс машинасы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Q’axeb’al Wuj
- Lao (lo): ເຄື່ອງຮັບສົ່ງແຟັກ
- Latvian (lv): fakss
- Lithuanian (lt): fakso aparatas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): faks
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fax
- Macedonian (mk): факс
- Malay (ms): mesin faksimili
- Malayalam (ml): ഫാക്‌സ് മെഷീൻ
- Maltese (mt): magna tal-fax
- Marathi (mr): फॅक्स मशीन
- Mongolian (mn): факсын машин
- Māori (mi): mīhini waeatuhi
- Nepali (ne): फ्याक्स मेसिन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Fáks Mashin
- Northern Sotho (nso): motšhene wa fekese
- Norwegian (no): faksmaskin
- Odia (or): ଫ୍ୟାକ୍ସ ମେସିନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): maashinii faaksii
- Pashto (ps): د فکس ماشین
- Punjabi (pa): ਫੈਕਸ ਮਸ਼ੀਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): فیکس مشین
- Quechua (qu): maquina faxpaq
- Romanian (ro): echipament fax
- Romansh (rm): fax
- Sardinian (sc): fax
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): inneal facs
- Serbian (sr): факс
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): faks
- Shan (shn): ၶိူင်ႈၾႅၵ်ႉသ်
- Sindhi (sd): فيڪس مشين
- Sinhala (si): ෆැක්ස් යන්ත්‍රය
- Slovak (sk): fax
- Slovenian (sl): telefaks
- Somali (so): mishiinka fakiska
- Swahili (sw): mashine ya faksi
- Tajik (tg): дастгоҳи факс
- Tamil (ta): பேக்ஸ்
- Telugu (te): ఫ్యాక్స్ మెషీన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ፋክስ ማሽን
- Tongan (to): foni tohi
- Tswana (tn): motšhine wa go fekesa
- Turkmen (tk): faks apparaty
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): faksowak
- Urdu (ur): فیکس مشین
- Uyghur (ug): فاكسچى
- Uzbek (uz): faks apparati
- Welsh (cy): peiriant ffacs
- Wolof (wo): faks
- Xhosa (xh): umatshani wefeksi
- Yoruba (yo): ẹ̀rọ fákìsì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛ̀rɔ fákìsì
- Zulu (zu): umshini wefeksi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4E0` |
| HTML | `📠` |
| CSS | `\1F4E0` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4E0}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4E0` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 A0` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCE0` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%A0` |

## Questions

### What does the 📠 fax machine emoji mean?

An office device that sends paper documents over a phone line. It brings to mind old-school office technology and paperwork, and gets used for sending faxes, bureaucracy and jokes about outdated tech.

### How do I type the 📠 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “fax machine”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :fax:.

### When was the 📠 emoji added?

📠 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 📠?

U+1F4E0. In HTML you can write 📠, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4E0}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/fax-machine-emoji