Speaker with One Sound Wave 🔉
🔉 (U+1F509) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Speaker with One Sound Wave is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: SPEAKER WITH ONE SOUND WAVE depicts a speaker with sound waves. Use this emoji to show a notification, an audio message, or voice content in chats and apps. It can label audio sections in UI, such as 'play audio' prompts or media controls. The emoji helps convey sound-related ideas in menus, tutorials, and onboarding flows. Be aware that appearance varies by platform, app, and font, so colors and details may differ. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text clearly conveys the intended meaning and provide a text alternative if needed. Cross-platform appearance and accessibility vary; include short descriptive text in UI to help all users.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F509 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F509 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 94 89 - UTF-16:
D83D DD09 - UTF-32:
0001F509 - HTML dec:
🔉 - HTML hex:
🔉 - JS escape:
\u{1F509} - Python \N{}:
\N{SPEAKER WITH ONE SOUND WAVE} - Python \U:
\U0001F509 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%94%89 - CSS escape:
\1F509
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F509 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🔉 (hex) or 🔉 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.