Time Emojis

24 emojis tagged time in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.

Time emojis encompass clocks, watches, hourglasses, and the full set of dial faces Unicode uses to depict specific hours. ⌚ watch, ⏰ alarm clock, ⏳ hourglass not done, and ⌛ hourglass done are the workhorses, while the 🕛–🕧 clock-face series provides visual hour markers. People reach for them to talk about deadlines, waiting, scheduling, and the universal experience of running out of time. ⏰ has become standard shorthand for "wake up" or "it's that time" in group chats.

Frequently asked about time emojis

What's the difference between ⏳ and ⌛?

⏳ hourglass not done has sand still falling — used for 'wait, this is still loading' or 'time is running out'. ⌛ hourglass done shows all the sand at the bottom, meaning 'time's up' or 'finished waiting'. Many platforms animate ⏳ to rotate.

Why do messaging apps use clock emojis in suggestions?

When you type words like 'late', 'meeting', or 'tomorrow', most keyboards surface ⏰ or 🕒 as visual reinforcement. The suggestion system maps time-related vocabulary to the clock keyword family in Unicode's CLDR data.

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