🕒 Three o’clock Emoji Meaning

📖 Meaning & Usage

The 🕒 Three O’Clock emoji depicts a clock face with the hour hand pointing directly at the 3 and the minute hand pointing at the 12. It is primarily used to represent the time of 3:00, either AM or PM. Beyond its literal meaning, it can represent a meeting time, a deadline, or a general reference to something happening around that time. Metaphorically, it can also indicate a need to hurry or that time is of the essence. This emoji was introduced in Unicode version 6.0 in 2010 and has since become a common way to express a specific time digitally.

🎯 Usage Contexts

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Literal time

Let's meet at 🕒 tomorrow.

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Deadline or appointment

The report is due by 🕒 today!

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General timeframe

I'll be home around 🕒.

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Reminder

🕒 Don't forget to set your alarm!

📱 Platform Appearances

Google Noto Apache 2.0

Twitter/X CC-BY 4.0

Fluent 3D MIT

OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0

ℹ️ All images shown are from open-licensed sources (Apache 2.0, MIT, CC-BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0) and are free to use.

💬 Ready Messages

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See you at 🕒!

The meeting starts at 🕒 sharp.

Just a reminder, deadline is 🕒 today.

I'll call you around 🕒.

🕒 Time for a coffee break!

🌍 View in Other Languages

🇹🇷 Saat 3 Türkçe 🇩🇪 3:00 Uhr Deutsch 🇫🇷 Trois heures Français 🇮🇳 3 बजे, घड़ी, तीन, 3:00 हिन्दी 🇸🇦 الساعة الثالثة العربية 🇷🇺 Три часа Русский 🇵🇰 تین بجے کا وقت اردو 🇮🇩 Jam tiga tepat Bahasa Indonesia 🇻🇳 Ba giờ Tiếng Việt 🇹🇭 สามนาฬิกา ไทย 🇮🇷 ساعت سه فارسی 🇳🇬 Ƙarfe uku Hausa 🇪🇹 ሶስት ሰዓት አማርኛ 🇹🇿 Saa Tisa Kiswahili 🇧🇩 তিনটে বাংলা 🇲🇲 သုံးနာရီ မြန်မာ 🇺🇿 Soat Uch Oʻzbek 🇮🇳 तीन वाजले मराठी 🇮🇳 మూడు గంటలు సూచించే గడియారం తెలుగు 🇮🇩 Jam Telu Jawa 🇮🇶 Three o’clock Kurdî 🇵🇭 Alas Tres Filipino

💡 Usage Tips

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Combine with other emojis

Use with calendar or location emojis to give more context about events at 3 o'clock.

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Specify AM/PM if necessary

To avoid confusion, especially in text, clarify if it's 3 AM or 3 PM.

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Use in time-related contexts

This emoji is best used when directly referring to time, schedules, or deadlines.

💻 Developer Codes

Unicode U+1F552

Hex 🕒

CSS \1F552

JavaScript \u{1F552}

🏷️ Keywords

3 3:00 clock o’clock three time

Three o’clock