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Five O’clock Emoji

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About Five O’clock 🕔️

Five 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 5, 5:00, clock, and 3 more keywords.

Meaning varies across cultures, see cultural notes below.

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What does it mean?

An analog clock face showing 5:00. Five o'clock is freedom. In American culture, 5 PM is the universal quitting time, the moment the workday officially ends. "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", the 2003 hit by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, turned the hour into a cultural permission slip for relaxation and day drinking. The song won the CMA Award for Vocal Event of the Year and became one of the most recognizable phrases in American pop culture.

At 5 AM, it's the other extreme: the early bird's hour, when bakers, farmers, and committed gym-goers are already moving while the rest of the world sleeps.

Part of the original 12 hourly clocks from SoftBank's Japanese carrier emoji, standardized in Unicode 6.0 (2010). All clock faces rank in Unicode's Group 15, the lowest usage tier.

The most culturally specific clock emoji. On Fridays, 🕔 floods social media paired with drinks and celebration emojis. It's shorthand for "the weekend starts now." Happy hour deals, quitting-time posts, and TGIF energy all orbit around 🕔. In workplace Slack channels, a lone 🕔 is sometimes all it takes to signal that everyone can log off.

Quitting timeHappy hourTGIF / weekend start5 AM early risersEnd of workdayIt's 5 o'clock somewhere
What does the 🕔 emoji mean?

It shows five o'clock on an analog clock. The most culturally loaded clock emoji, tied to quitting time, happy hour, and the phrase 'it's five o'clock somewhere.' Also represents the 5 AM early-morning hour.

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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

5 PM is deeply embedded as quitting time. The Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett song "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (2003) turned the hour into a cultural phenomenon, appearing on bar signs, T-shirts, and mugs worldwide. It topped the Billboard country charts.

United Kingdom

5 PM is traditionally associated with afternoon tea (though that's closer to 4:00-4:30). The phrase "five o'clock tea" appears in English literature dating back to the Victorian era.

Japan

5 PM in many Japanese cities is marked by a chime or musical broadcast (goji no chaimu) played over public loudspeakers, originally to signal children to come home before dark.

Where does 'it's 5 o'clock somewhere' come from?

The phrase became a cultural phenomenon after the 2003 country song by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett. It spent 8 weeks at #1 on the Billboard country chart. The logic: at any given moment, it's 5 PM in some time zone, so it's always acceptable to have a drink.

What is Japan's 5 PM chime?

Many Japanese municipalities play a musical broadcast (goji no chaimu) over public loudspeakers at 5 PM, originally to signal children to come home before dark. The melody varies by city and season.

🤔Japan's 5 PM chime
If you've been to Japan, you've heard the 5 PM broadcast. Different cities use different melodies. Tokyo's Bunkyo ward uses Dvorak's 'New World Symphony.' It's a gentle but firm signal that the day is wrapping up.
🎲The only clock emoji with a hit song
No other specific hour has a chart-topping song named after it. 🕔 is the only clock emoji with a real pop culture anthem tied to its exact time.

Fun facts

  • •"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett spent 8 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2003. The song's premise is simple: somewhere in the world, it's 5 PM, so it's acceptable to start drinking.
  • •In Japan, many municipalities play a 5 PM chime (goji no chaimu) over public loudspeakers. The melody varies by city and season, but the purpose is consistent: tell children it's time to head home.
  • •The 8-hour workday (9 to 5) was championed by Robert Owen in 1817 and eventually became law in most countries. Five o'clock as quitting time is a direct product of this labor movement victory.
  • •The phrase "happy hour" for discounted drinks originated in the United States Navy in the 1920s, where it referred to a scheduled period of entertainment on ships. It migrated to bars in the 1960s, settling around the 5-7 PM window.
  • •🕔 sits fifth in the keyboard order of clock emojis on most platforms. Its usage is slightly higher than clocks 6 through 11, likely because people sometimes specifically choose it for its quitting-time association.
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