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Ten O’clock Emoji

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About Ten O’clock 🕙️

Ten 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.

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Often associated with 0, 10, 10:00, and 3 more keywords.

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How it looks

What does it mean?

An analog clock face showing 10:00. Ten o'clock is the edge of night. At 10 PM, the local news comes on, responsible adults start heading to bed, and staying up much later becomes a conscious choice. At 10 AM, it's mid-morning: the productive sweet spot when the coffee has kicked in and the day feels manageable.

Ten has an interesting visual footnote in clock culture: watch advertisements almost always show the time as 10:10, because the hands form a V-shape that frames the brand logo and looks like a smile.

Part of the original SoftBank set, standardized in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Ranks in Unicode's Group 15, the lowest usage tier.

Used for the late-night news, bedtime signals, and mid-morning scheduling. 10 PM carries a "grown-up bedtime" energy in family and wellness contexts. At 10 AM, it's meeting time and brunch on weekends. Netflix's "are you still watching?" prompt tends to appear around 10 PM for many people, making it the emoji of the binge-watching check-in.

Late-night newsBedtimeMid-morning productivityWeekend brunch (10 AM)Watch advertising
What does the 🕙 emoji mean?

It shows ten o'clock on an analog clock. Associated with the evening news (10 PM), responsible bedtime, and mid-morning productivity (10 AM). Also connected to watch advertising's 10:10 tradition.

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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.

Emoji combos

🤔Why watch ads show 10:10
The hands at 10:10 form a V that looks like a smile, frames the brand logo at 12, and keeps the hands away from the date window at 3. It's been the industry standard for over a century.

Fun facts

  • •Nearly every watch advertisement shows the time as 10:10 (or sometimes 10:09:36). The V-shaped hands frame the brand logo, resemble a smile, and avoid covering important dial elements. The tradition dates back to at least the 1920s.
  • •The "10 o'clock news" was a cornerstone of American local television for decades. Before streaming and social media, 10 PM was when millions of Americans got their last news update before bed.
  • •"Film at eleven" is a catchphrase that originated from TV news promos, but the actual 10 PM newscast is what most viewers watched. The phrase became shorthand for any promised follow-up.
  • •Sleep researchers say the ideal bedtime for adults falls between 10 and 11 PM. Going to bed at 10 PM allows for 7-8 hours of sleep before a 6 AM alarm, hitting the recommended range.
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