# 📻 Radio emoji

📻 Radio is an emoji in the music set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: entertainment, tbt and video.

- Emoji: 📻
- Unicode name: radio
- Code points: U+1F4FB
- Category: Objects, Music
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :radio:
- Keywords: entertainment, radio, tbt, video
- Page: https://emojichart.com/radio-emoji

## What it means

A radio, typically drawn as a retro set with an antenna, dial and speaker. It suggests radio broadcasts, music and old-time listening, and appears in posts about stations, shows and nostalgic throwbacks.

## How to type 📻

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | radio | radio |
| Français (fr) | radio | actualités, communication, loisirs, musique, radio, vidéo |
| Deutsch (de) | Radio | Musik, Radio |
| Italiano (it) | radio | ascoltare, ascoltare la radio, musica, radio, stazioni radio |
| Português (pt) | rádio | rádio, radiola, som, vídeo |
| Nederlands (nl) | radio | entertainment, muziek, radio |
| Svenska (sv) | radio | radio, video |
| Polski (pl) | radio | odbiornik, radio, radioodbiornik, radiowy |
| Türkçe (tr) | radyo | radyo, video |
| Русский (ru) | радио | передача, приемник, радио, сигнал |
| Українська (uk) | радіоприймач | відео, радіо, радіоприймач |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ραδιόφωνο | βίντεο, ράδιο, ραδιόφωνο, φορητό ραδιόφωνο, ψυχαγωγία |
| العربية (ar) | راديو | اذاعة, ترفيه, تسلية, راديو, فيديو |
| עברית (he) | רדיו | מוזיקה, מוסיקה, רדיו |
| فارسی (fa) | رادیو | رادیو, رادیویی, ویدئو, ویدیو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | रेडियो | रेडियो, वीडियो |
| বাংলা (bn) | রেডিও | ভিডিও, রেডিও |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | radio | hiburan, radio, video |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | radio | radio, video |
| ไทย (th) | วิทยุ | เพลง, วิทยุ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ラジオ | ラジオ, 受信機, 放送, 音楽 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 라디오 | FM, 라디오, 비디오, 엔터테인먼트, 옛날 회상 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 收音机 | 娱乐, 广播, 广播电台, 收音机, 无线电, 电台 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 收音機 | 收音機 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): radio
- Akan (ak): radio
- Albanian (sq): radio
- Amharic (am): ሬዲዮ
- Armenian (hy): ռադիո
- Assamese (as): ৰেডিঅ’
- Azerbaijani (az): radio
- Bashkir (ba): радио
- Basque (eu): irratia
- Belarusian (be): радыё
- Bosnian (bs): radio
- Breton (br): skingomzer
- Bulgarian (bg): радио
- Burmese (my): ရေဒီယို
- Cantonese (yue): 收音機
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 收音机
- Catalan (ca): ràdio
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): радио
- Croatian (hr): radio
- Czech (cs): rádio
- Danish (da): radio
- Estonian (et): raadio
- Faroese (fo): útvarp
- Filipino (fil): radyo
- Finnish (fi): radio
- Galician (gl): radio
- Georgian (ka): რადიო
- Gujarati (gu): રેડિઓ
- Hausa (ha): rediyo
- Hungarian (hu): rádió
- Icelandic (is): útvarp
- Igbo (ig): redio
- Irish (ga): raidió
- Javanese (jv): radio
- Kalaallisut (kl): radio
- Kannada (kn): ರೇಡಿಯೊ
- Kazakh (kk): радио
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): راديو
- Khmer (km): វីទ្យុ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): radiyo
- Konkani (kok): रेडियो
- Kyrgyz (ky): радио
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Q’axeb’al tzij
- Lao (lo): ວິທະຍຸ
- Latvian (lv): radio
- Lithuanian (lt): radijas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): radijo
- Luxembourgish (lb): Radio
- Macedonian (mk): радио
- Malay (ms): radio
- Malayalam (ml): റേഡിയോ
- Maltese (mt): radju
- Marathi (mr): रेडिओ
- Mongolian (mn): радио
- Māori (mi): irirangi
- Nepali (ne): रेडियो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Rédio
- Northern Sotho (nso): seyalemoya
- Norwegian (no): radio
- Odia (or): ରେଡିଓ
- Oromo (om): raadiyoo
- Pashto (ps): راډیو
- Punjabi (pa): ਰੇਡੀਓ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ريڈيو
- Quechua (qu): radio
- Romanian (ro): radio
- Romansh (rm): radio
- Sardinian (sc): ràdiu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): rèidio
- Serbian (sr): радио
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): radio
- Shan (shn): ရေႇတီႇယူဝ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ريڊيو
- Sinhala (si): රෝඩියෝව
- Slovak (sk): rádio
- Slovenian (sl): radio
- Somali (so): raadiyow
- Swahili (sw): redio
- Tajik (tg): радио
- Tamil (ta): ரேடியோ
- Telugu (te): రేడియో
- Tigrinya (ti): ራድዮ
- Tongan (to): letiō
- Tswana (tn): radio
- Turkmen (tk): radio
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): radijo
- Urdu (ur): ریڈیو
- Uyghur (ug): رادىيو
- Uzbek (uz): radio
- Welsh (cy): radio
- Wolof (wo): rajo
- Xhosa (xh): irediyo
- Yoruba (yo): rédíò
- Zulu (zu): umsakazo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4FB` |
| HTML | `📻` |
| CSS | `\1F4FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%BB` |

## Questions

### What does the 📻 radio emoji mean?

A radio, typically drawn as a retro set with an antenna, dial and speaker. It suggests radio broadcasts, music and old-time listening, and appears in posts about stations, shows and nostalgic throwbacks.

### How do I type the 📻 emoji?

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

### When was the 📻 emoji added?

📻 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F4FB. In HTML you can write 📻, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4FB}.

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