# 🎤 Microphone emoji

🎤 Microphone is an emoji in the music set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: karaoke, mic, music, sing and sound.

- Emoji: 🎤
- Unicode name: microphone
- Code points: U+1F3A4
- Category: Objects, Music
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :microphone:
- Keywords: karaoke, mic, microphone, music, sing, sound
- Page: https://emojichart.com/microphone-emoji

## What it means

A handheld microphone, the kind used for singing and speaking on stage. Karaoke, performing, hosting events and open mic nights all call for it, and it can mean a mic-drop moment after a strong statement.

## Emoji that include 🎤

- 🧑‍🎤 [Singer](https://emojichart.com/singer-emoji.md)
- 👨‍🎤 [Man singer](https://emojichart.com/man-singer-emoji.md)
- 👩‍🎤 [Woman singer](https://emojichart.com/woman-singer-emoji.md)

## How to type 🎤

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | micrófono | entretenimiento, karaoke, micro, micrófono |
| Français (fr) | micro | chanter, karaoke, karaoké, micro, microphone, musique |
| Deutsch (de) | Mikrofon | Karaoke, Mikrofon, Singen, Unterhaltung |
| Italiano (it) | microfono | cantare, concerto, intrattenimento, Karaoke, microfono, musica, palco, presentare, spettacolo, teatro |
| Português (pt) | microfone | cantar, entretenimento, karaokê, mic, microfone, música |
| Nederlands (nl) | microfoon | geluid, karaoke, microfoon, muziek, zingen |
| Svenska (sv) | mikrofon | karaoke, mikrofon, sjunga |
| Polski (pl) | mikrofon | karaoke, mikrofon, muzyka, śpiewać |
| Türkçe (tr) | mikrofon | eğlence, Karaoke, mikrofon, müzik, şarkı, şarkıcı |
| Русский (ru) | микрофон | звук, караоке, микрофон, пение |
| Українська (uk) | мікрофон | караоке, мікрофон |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μικρόφωνο | ήχος, καραόκε, μικρόφωνο, μουσική, τραγουδάω |
| العربية (ar) | ميكروفون | صوت, طرب, غناء, كاريوكي, مايك, موسيقى, ميكروفون |
| עברית (he) | מיקרופון | הקלטה, לשיר, מוזיקה, מיקרופון, קריוקי, שירה |
| فارسی (fa) | میکروفون | کارائوکه, میکروفن, میکروفون |
| हिन्दी (hi) | माइक्रोफ़ोन | कैरिओकी, गाना, माइक, माइक्रोफ़ोन, संगीत |
| বাংলা (bn) | মাইক্রোফোন | কারাওকে, মাইক, মাইক্রোফোন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | mikrofon | karaoke, lagu, mik, mikrofon, musik, nyanyi, suara |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | micrô | âm thanh, hát, karaoke, micrô, nhạc |
| ไทย (th) | ไมโครโฟน | คาราโอเกะ, เพลง, ไมค์, ไมโครโฟน, สตูดิโอ |
| 日本語 (ja) | マイク | カラオケ, マイク, 歌, 音楽 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 마이크 | 가라오케, 노래, 노래방, 마이크, 소리, 음악, 행사 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 麦克风 | k歌, 卡拉ok, 卡拉OK, 唱K, 唱歌, 麦, 麦克, 麦克风 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 麥克風 | k歌, 卡拉OK, 唱歌, 麥克風 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): mikrofoon
- Akan (ak): akasamu
- Albanian (sq): mikrofon
- Amharic (am): ማይክራፎን
- Armenian (hy): խոսափող
- Assamese (as): মাইক্ৰ’ফোন
- Azerbaijani (az): mikrofon
- Bashkir (ba): микрофон
- Basque (eu): mikrofonoa
- Belarusian (be): мікрафон
- Bosnian (bs): mikrofon
- Breton (br): mikrofon
- Bulgarian (bg): микрофон
- Burmese (my): မိုက်ကရိုဖုန်း
- Cantonese (yue): 咪
- Catalan (ca): micròfon
- Cherokee (chr): ᏫᎦᏬᏂᏍᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 咪高風
- Chuvash (cv): микрофон
- Croatian (hr): mikrofon
- Czech (cs): mikrofon
- Danish (da): mikrofon
- Estonian (et): mikrofon
- Faroese (fo): mikrofon
- Filipino (fil): mikropono
- Finnish (fi): mikrofoni
- Galician (gl): micrófono
- Georgian (ka): მიკროფონი
- Gujarati (gu): માઇક્રોફોન
- Hausa (ha): makurofon
- Hungarian (hu): mikrofon
- Icelandic (is): hljóðnemi
- Igbo (ig): igweokwu nkwụrụonwe
- Irish (ga): micreafón
- Javanese (jv): mikropon
- Kalaallisut (kl): mikrofon
- Kannada (kn): ಮೈಕ್ರೋಫೋನ್
- Kazakh (kk): микрофон
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ميكروفون
- Khmer (km): មីក្រូហ្វូន​និងណោតភ្លេងបី
- Kinyarwanda (rw): mikoro
- Konkani (kok): मायक्रोफोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): микрофон
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Jeqb’al ch’ab’al
- Lao (lo): ໄມ
- Latvian (lv): mikrofons
- Lithuanian (lt): mikrofonas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mikrofon
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mikro
- Macedonian (mk): микрофон
- Malay (ms): mikrofon
- Malayalam (ml): മൈക്രോഫോൺ
- Maltese (mt): mikrofonu
- Marathi (mr): मायक्रोफोन
- Mongolian (mn): микрофон
- Māori (mi): hopuoro
- Nepali (ne): माइक्रोफोन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Maikrofon
- Northern Sotho (nso): maekherofoune
- Norwegian (no): mikrofon
- Odia (or): ମାଇକ୍ରୋଫୋନ୍
- Oromo (om): maayikiraafoonii
- Pashto (ps): میکروفون
- Punjabi (pa): ਮਾਈਕ੍ਰੋਫ਼ੋਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مائیکروفون
- Quechua (qu): micrófono
- Romanian (ro): microfon
- Romansh (rm): microfon
- Sardinian (sc): micròfonu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): micreofon
- Serbian (sr): микрофон
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mikrofon
- Shan (shn): မၢႆၶရူဝ်ႇၾူၼ်း
- Sindhi (sd): مائيڪروفون
- Sinhala (si): මයික්‍රෆෝනය
- Slovak (sk): mikrofón
- Slovenian (sl): mikrofon
- Somali (so): mikirifon
- Swahili (sw): maikrofoni
- Tajik (tg): микрофон
- Tamil (ta): மைக்ரோஃபோன்
- Telugu (te): మైక్రోఫోన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ማይክሮፎን
- Tongan (to): maikalofone
- Tswana (tn): maekerofouno
- Turkmen (tk): mikrofon
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mikrofon
- Urdu (ur): مائیکروفون
- Uyghur (ug): مىكروفون
- Uzbek (uz): mikrofon
- Welsh (cy): meicroffon
- Wolof (wo): mikrofon
- Xhosa (xh): imayikhrofowuni
- Yoruba (yo): ẹ̀rọ gbohùngbohùn kékeré
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛ̀rɔ gbohùngbohùn kékeré
- Zulu (zu): imakhrofoni

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3A4` |
| HTML | `🎤` |
| CSS | `\1F3A4` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3A4}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3A4` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8E A4` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFA4` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8E%A4` |

## Questions

### What does the 🎤 microphone emoji mean?

A handheld microphone, the kind used for singing and speaking on stage. Karaoke, performing, hosting events and open mic nights all call for it, and it can mean a mic-drop moment after a strong statement.

### How do I type the 🎤 emoji?

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

### When was the 🎤 emoji added?

🎤 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F3A4. In HTML you can write 🎤, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3A4}.

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