# 📼 Videocassette emoji

📼 Videocassette is an emoji in the light and video set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: old, school, tape, vcr, vhs and video.

- Emoji: 📼
- Unicode name: videocassette
- Code points: U+1F4FC
- Category: Objects, Light and video
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :vhs:
- Keywords: old, school, tape, vcr, vhs, video, videocassette
- Page: https://emojichart.com/videocassette-emoji

## What it means

A VHS tape, an old videocassette used to record and play movies at home. It brings to mind the pre-DVD era, rewinding and retro nostalgia, and appears in throwback posts about old movies, home videos and older technology.

## How to type 📼

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cinta de vídeo | cinta, cinta de vídeo |
| Français (fr) | cassette vidéo | cassette vidéo, magnétoscope, vhs, vidéocassette, vintage |
| Deutsch (de) | Videokassette | vhs, Video, Videokassette |
| Italiano (it) | videocassetta | cassetta, registrare, VHS, video, videocassetta, vintage |
| Português (pt) | videocassete | cassete, fita, vhs, vídeo, videocassete |
| Nederlands (nl) | videoband | band, film, vhs, video, videoband |
| Svenska (sv) | videokassett | VHS, video, videoband, videokassett |
| Polski (pl) | kaseta wideo | kaseta wideo, taśma, VHS |
| Türkçe (tr) | videokaset | teyp, video, video kaseti, videokaset |
| Русский (ru) | видеокассета | видео, видеокассета, кассета, пленка |
| Українська (uk) | відеокасета | відео, відеокасета, касета, стрічка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | βιντεοκασέτα | vhs, βίντεο, βιντεοκασέτα, κασέτα, παλιομοδίτικος, παραδοσιακός |
| العربية (ar) | شريط فيديو | vcr, شريط, فيديو |
| עברית (he) | קלטת וידאו | VHS, וידאו, קלטת, קסטה |
| فارسی (fa) | کاست ویدیویی | کاست ویدیویی, نوار, وی‌اچ‌اس, ویدیو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | वीडियो कैसेट | vhs, टेप, वीडियो, वीडियो कैसेट |
| বাংলা (bn) | ভিডিও ক্যাসেট | টেপ, ভিএচইএস, ভিডিও, ভিডিও ক্যাসেট |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kaset video | kaset video, pita, vhs, video |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | băng video | băng, vhs, video |
| ไทย (th) | วิดีโอเทป | เทป, เพลง, วิดีโอเทป, วิทยุ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ビデオテープ | VHS, テープ, ビデオ, ビデオカセット, ビデオテープ, 動画 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 비디오테이프 | 구식, 비디오, 비디오카세트, 비디오테이프, 테이프 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 录像带 | VHS, 录像带, 录影带, 磁带 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 錄影帶 | VHS, 卡帶, 錄影帶 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): videokasset
- Akan (ak): videokaasɛte
- Albanian (sq): videokasetë
- Amharic (am): የቪዲዮ ካሴት
- Armenian (hy): տեսաերիզ
- Assamese (as): ভিডিঅ’ কেছেট
- Azerbaijani (az): video kaset
- Bashkir (ba): видеокассета
- Basque (eu): bideo-kasetea
- Belarusian (be): відэакасета
- Bosnian (bs): videokaseta
- Breton (br): kasedig-video
- Bulgarian (bg): видеокасета
- Burmese (my): ဗီဒီယို ကက်ဆက်
- Cantonese (yue): 錄影帶
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 录影带
- Catalan (ca): videocasset
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᏠᏗ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): видеокассет
- Croatian (hr): videokaseta
- Czech (cs): videokazeta
- Danish (da): videobånd
- Estonian (et): videokassett
- Faroese (fo): sjónband
- Filipino (fil): videotape
- Finnish (fi): videokasetti
- Galician (gl): videocasete
- Georgian (ka): ვიდეოკასეტა
- Gujarati (gu): વિડિઓકેસેટ
- Hausa (ha): kaset na bidiyo
- Hungarian (hu): videokazetta
- Icelandic (is): myndbandsspóla
- Igbo (ig): vidiokaseeti
- Irish (ga): fístéip
- Javanese (jv): kaset vidio
- Kalaallisut (kl): videobånd
- Kannada (kn): ವೀಡಿಯೊಕ್ಯಾಸೆಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): бейне кассета
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بەينە كاسسەتا
- Khmer (km): ដុំកាសែតវីដេអូ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kasete videwo
- Konkani (kok): व्हिडियोकॅसेट
- Kyrgyz (ky): видеокассета
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Silob’sab’al
- Lao (lo): ກະແຊັດວິດີໂອ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): cinta de video
- Latvian (lv): videokasete
- Lithuanian (lt): vaizdo įrašų kasetė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wideokaseta
- Luxembourgish (lb): Videokassett
- Macedonian (mk): видеокасета
- Malay (ms): pita video
- Malayalam (ml): വീഡിയോ കാസറ്റ്
- Maltese (mt): videocassette
- Marathi (mr): व्हिडिओकॅसेट
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): videocasete
- Mongolian (mn): видеоны хуурцаг
- Māori (mi): rīpene-ataata
- Nepali (ne): भिडियो क्यासेट
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Vídiókasẹt
- Northern Sotho (nso): khasete ya bidio
- Norwegian (no): videokassett
- Odia (or): ଭିଡିଓ କ୍ୟାସେଟ୍‌
- Oromo (om): kaasseettii suursagalee
- Pashto (ps): ویډیو کیسټ
- Punjabi (pa): ਵੀਡੀਓ ਕੈਸੇਟ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ویڈیو کیسٹ
- Quechua (qu): videocaset
- Romanian (ro): casetă video
- Romansh (rm): videocassetta
- Sardinian (sc): videocasseta
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cèiseag-video
- Serbian (sr): видео касета
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): video kaseta
- Shan (shn): ၶႅပ်းဝီႇတီႇယူဝ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ويڊيو ڪيسٽ
- Sinhala (si): වීඩියෝ කැසටය
- Slovak (sk): videokazeta
- Slovenian (sl): videokaseta
- Somali (so): cajalad fiidiyow
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): videocassette
- Swahili (sw): kaseti ya video
- Tajik (tg): кассетаи видео
- Tamil (ta): வீடியோ கேசட்
- Telugu (te): వీడియో క్యాసెట్
- Tigrinya (ti): ቪድዮ ካሴት
- Tongan (to): kasete vitiō
- Tswana (tn): khasete ya bidio
- Turkmen (tk): wideokasseta
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): widejokaseta
- Urdu (ur): ویڈیو کیسٹ
- Uyghur (ug): سىنئالغۇ لېنتىسى
- Uzbek (uz): videokasseta
- Welsh (cy): casét fideo
- Wolof (wo): kasetu wideo
- Xhosa (xh): ikhasethi levidiyo
- Yoruba (yo): awọn kaadi ododo iṣere
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): awɔn kaadi ododo ishere
- Zulu (zu): ividiyo khasethi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4FC` |
| HTML | `📼` |
| CSS | `\1F4FC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4FC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4FC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 BC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCFC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%BC` |

## Questions

### What does the 📼 videocassette emoji mean?

A VHS tape, an old videocassette used to record and play movies at home. It brings to mind the pre-DVD era, rewinding and retro nostalgia, and appears in throwback posts about old movies, home videos and older technology.

### How do I type the 📼 emoji?

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

### When was the 📼 emoji added?

📼 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F4FC. In HTML you can write 📼, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4FC}.

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