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Eight O’clock Emoji

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About Eight O’clock 🕗️

Eight O’clock () is part of the Travel & Places group in Unicode. Added in Unicode E0.6. Type on GitHub and Slack to use it. Click copy above to grab it, paste it anywhere.

Works in iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Instagram, Twitter, Gmail, and every app that supports Unicode.

Often associated with 8, 8:00, clock, and 3 more keywords.

Meaning varies across cultures, see cultural notes below.

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How it looks

What does it mean?

An analog clock face showing 8:00. Eight o'clock is prime time. For decades, 8 PM was the hour American television networks started their flagship programming blocks, the slot where the biggest shows competed for viewers. It's also the classic dinner reservation hour ("table for two at eight"), the standard bedtime for young children, and at 8 AM, the start of the traditional workday or school day.

Like all 24 clock face emojis, 🕗 ranks in Unicode's Group 15, the lowest usage tier. It was part of the original 12 hourly clocks from SoftBank's Japanese carrier emoji, included in Unicode 6.0 (2010).

Used for dinner plans ("reservations at 🕗"), kids' bedtime reminders in family chats, and morning scheduling ("meeting at 🕗"). The prime-time TV association is fading as streaming replaces linear broadcasts, but "8 o'clock" still carries a vaguely formal, evening-event energy. Parents in group chats often pair 🕗 with 😴 to mean bedtime enforcement.

Dinner reservationsKids' bedtimeStart of workday (8 AM)Prime time TVEvening eventsMorning meetings
What does the 🕗 emoji mean?

It shows eight o'clock on an analog clock. Used for dinner reservations, work/school start times, kids' bedtime, and prime-time TV references.

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Every Hour of the Day

All 24 clock face emojis in time order, from 1:00 through 12:30. Unicode covers every full and half hour of a 12-hour dial.
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The Clock Face Family

Unicode has 24 clock face emojis: 12 hourly clocks from SoftBank's 1997 Japanese carrier set and 12 half-hour clocks from Wingdings. All 24 shipped in Unicode 6.0 (2010).
🕐One O'Clock
The default 'time' emoji for most people, thanks to keyboard position.
🕜One-Thirty
Half-hour Wingdings variant. Post-lunch scheduling.
🕑Two O'Clock
Early afternoon or the small hours of the night.
🕝Two-Thirty
Mid-afternoon, the pre-slump stretch.
🕒Three O'Clock
Afternoon tea, school pickup, or the 3 AM witching hour.
🕞Three-Thirty
School pickup time across much of the world.

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Around the world

United States

8 PM has been "prime time" since the early days of broadcast television. The FCC's now-defunct Family Viewing Hour policy (1975-1977) specifically designated 8-9 PM as family-appropriate, cementing 8 o'clock as the moment TV gets serious.

Spain

8 PM is not late at all. In Spanish culture, dinner rarely starts before 9 or 10 PM. Eight o'clock is when people are just finishing their evening paseo or having pre-dinner tapas.

United Kingdom

8 PM is a common dinner time and also when BBC flagship programs air. "The eight o'clock news" is a familiar phrase from BBC Radio 4, though the actual news bulletin airs at various times.

Why is 8 PM called prime time?

American broadcast networks historically started their flagship programming blocks at 8 PM Eastern. This was the hour when the most households were watching, making it the most valuable advertising slot. The convention dates back to the 1950s.

Why is 8 lucky in Chinese culture?

The number 8 (八, bā) sounds like the Chinese word for prosperity (发, fā). This association is so strong that the Beijing Olympics were scheduled to start at 8:08 PM on August 8, 2008.

What's the 8-8-8 rule?

A labor movement slogan from 1817: eight hours of work, eight hours of recreation, eight hours of rest. It's why the standard workday starts around 8 AM and lasts eight hours. Robert Owen of the New Lanark mills coined the phrase.

🤔Eight is lucky in Chinese culture
The number 8 is considered extremely auspicious in Chinese culture because it sounds like the word for prosperity. The 2008 Beijing Olympics started at 8:08 PM on 8/8/08. If you're communicating across cultures, 🕗 carries extra weight.
🎲The 8-8-8 rule
The modern concept of an 8 AM workday start comes from the labor movement's "8-8-8" formula: eight hours of work, eight hours of leisure, eight hours of sleep. Robert Owen coined it in 1817.

Fun facts

  • •Broadway curtains traditionally rise at 8:00 PM for evening performances. This convention dates back to the early 20th century and persists today, though some shows have shifted to 7:00 or 7:30 PM in recent years.
  • •The phrase "behind the eight ball" comes from pool, not clocks, but the number 8 carries associations with both luck and difficulty. In Chinese culture, 8 (八, bā) is the luckiest number because it sounds like "prosperity" (发, fā).
  • •8 AM was cemented as the standard work start time during the industrial revolution, when labor movements fought for the "8-8-8" rule: eight hours of work, eight hours of recreation, eight hours of rest.
  • •The FCC's Family Viewing Hour (1975-1977) tried to keep TV content before 9 PM family-friendly. It was struck down as unconstitutional, but the cultural memory of 8 PM as "the start of grown-up TV" persisted for decades.
  • •Most schools in the US start between 7:30 and 8:30 AM. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended pushing start times to 8:30 or later for teenagers, arguing that adolescent circadian rhythms make early mornings counterproductive.
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