# 📣 Megaphone emoji

📣 Megaphone is an emoji in the sound set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: cheering and sound.

- Emoji: 📣
- Unicode name: megaphone
- Code points: U+1F4E3
- Category: Objects, Sound
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :mega:
- Keywords: cheering, megaphone, sound
- Page: https://emojichart.com/megaphone-emoji

## What it means

Cone-shaped with a handle, a megaphone amplifies a voice at rallies and sports events. People pick it for cheering someone on, making announcements, rallying support or delivering a loud message or call to action.

## How to type 📣

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | megáfono | comunicación, megáfono |
| Français (fr) | porte-voix | encourager, hourra, manifestation, mégaphone, porte-voix |
| Deutsch (de) | Megafon | Jubel, Lautsprecher, Megafon |
| Italiano (it) | megafono | altoparlante, altoparlanti, comunicazione, megafoni, megafono, parlare, suono, tifare, tifo, urlare |
| Português (pt) | megafone | aplausos, comunicação, megafone |
| Nederlands (nl) | megafoon | communicatie, geluid, gouden megafoon, juichen, megafoon, versterken |
| Svenska (sv) | megafon | kommunikation, megafon |
| Polski (pl) | megafon | kibicować, megafon |
| Türkçe (tr) | megafon | iletişim, karşılama, megafon |
| Русский (ru) | мегафон | громкоговоритель, звук, мегафон, обращение, объявление, речь, рупор |
| Українська (uk) | мегафон | мегафон, оголошення, підбадьорення, рупор |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μεγάφωνο | ζητωκραυγές, ήχος, μεγάφωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مضخم الصوت | تواصل, مضخم الصوت, ميغافون, هتاف |
| עברית (he) | מגפון בלי ידית | כרוז, מגפון, עידוד |
| فارسی (fa) | بلندگوی دستی | بلند, بلندگو, بلندگوی دستی, تشویق, هلهله |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मेगाफ़ोन | उत्साहवर्धन, उत्साही, ध्वनि, मेगाफोन, मेगाफ़ोन |
| বাংলা (bn) | মেগাফোন | ভেপু, মেগাফোন, হর্ষধ্বনি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | megafon | bersorak, megafon, suara |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | loa phóng thanh | cổ vũ, loa phóng thanh |
| ไทย (th) | โทรโข่ง | เชียร์, โทรโข่ง, ประกาศ |
| 日本語 (ja) | メガホン | スピーカー, メガホン, 応援, 拡声器 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 메가폰 | 메가폰, 소리, 응원 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 扩音器 | 呼喊, 喇叭, 喇叭筒, 大声, 扩音器, 通知 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 擴音器 | 喇叭, 擴音器 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): megafoon
- Akan (ak): mɛgafon
- Albanian (sq): megafon
- Amharic (am): ሜጋፎን
- Armenian (hy): մեգաֆոն
- Assamese (as): মেগাফোন
- Azerbaijani (az): meqafon
- Bashkir (ba): мегафон
- Basque (eu): megafonoa
- Belarusian (be): мегафон
- Bosnian (bs): megafon
- Breton (br): korn-mouezh
- Bulgarian (bg): мегафон
- Burmese (my): အော်လန်
- Cantonese (yue): 擴音器
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 扩音器
- Catalan (ca): megàfon
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎭᎳᏙᏗ ᏫᎦᏬᏂᏍᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 傳聲筒
- Chuvash (cv): мегафон
- Croatian (hr): megafon
- Czech (cs): megafon
- Danish (da): megafon
- Estonian (et): megafon
- Faroese (fo): megafon
- Filipino (fil): megaphone
- Finnish (fi): megafoni
- Galician (gl): megáfono
- Georgian (ka): მეგაფონი
- Gujarati (gu): મેગાફોન
- Hausa (ha): bututun ƙara magana
- Hungarian (hu): megafon
- Icelandic (is): gjallarhorn
- Igbo (ig): igweokwu
- Irish (ga): meigeafón
- Javanese (jv): megapon
- Kalaallisut (kl): megafon
- Kannada (kn): ಮೆಗಾಫೋನ್
- Kazakh (kk): мегафон
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مەگافون
- Khmer (km): ឧបករណ៍ជួយបំពងសម្លេង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): megafone
- Konkani (kok): मेगाफोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): мегафон
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ch’ich’ ch’aweb’al
- Lao (lo): ທໍລະໂຄ່ງ
- Latvian (lv): megafons
- Lithuanian (lt): garsintuvas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): megafon
- Luxembourgish (lb): Megafon
- Macedonian (mk): мегафон
- Malay (ms): megafon
- Malayalam (ml): മെഗാഫോൺ
- Maltese (mt): megafonu
- Marathi (mr): मेगाफोन
- Mongolian (mn): цагаан хоолойн чанга яригч
- Māori (mi): pūwhakarahireo
- Nepali (ne): मेगाफोन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mẹ́gafon
- Northern Sotho (nso): mekafoune
- Norwegian (no): megafon
- Odia (or): ମେଗାଫୋନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): meeggaafoonii
- Pashto (ps): ګویا
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੈਗਾਫੋਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): میگافون
- Quechua (qu): megáfono
- Romanian (ro): megafon
- Romansh (rm): megafon
- Sardinian (sc): megàfonu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): meaga-fòn
- Serbian (sr): мегафон
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): megafon
- Shan (shn): မႅၵ်ႇၵႃႇၾူင်း
- Sindhi (sd): وڏو فون
- Sinhala (si): මෙගාෆෝනය
- Slovak (sk): megafón
- Slovenian (sl): megafon
- Somali (so): mikirifoon
- Swahili (sw): megafoni
- Tajik (tg): мегафон
- Tamil (ta): மெகாபோன்
- Telugu (te): మెగాఫోన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ሜጋፎን
- Tongan (to): meʻa fakaleʻolahi
- Tswana (tn): founokgolo
- Turkmen (tk): megafon
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): megafon
- Urdu (ur): میگا فون
- Uyghur (ug): ئۈنلەتكۈچ
- Uzbek (uz): megafon
- Welsh (cy): megaffon
- Wolof (wo): megafon
- Xhosa (xh): i-megaphone
- Yoruba (yo): ẹ̀rọ gbohùngbohùn ńlá
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛ̀rɔ gbohùngbohùn ńlá
- Zulu (zu): umbhobho omkhulu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4E3` |
| HTML | `📣` |
| CSS | `\1F4E3` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4E3}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4E3` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 A3` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCE3` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%A3` |

## Questions

### What does the 📣 megaphone emoji mean?

Cone-shaped with a handle, a megaphone amplifies a voice at rallies and sports events. People pick it for cheering someone on, making announcements, rallying support or delivering a loud message or call to action.

### How do I type the 📣 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “megaphone”. 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 :mega:.

### When was the 📣 emoji added?

📣 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F4E3. In HTML you can write 📣, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4E3}.

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