Emoji
(VIDEO CAMERA): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(VIDEO CAMERA), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji VIDEO CAMERA
- Unicode Name
- VIDEO CAMERA
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F4F9
- Subcategory
- light & video
- Slug
- video_camera
Meaning and description of emoticon 📹
Emoji 📹 depicts a video camera with a recording indicator and lens. Classified under Objects in Unicode.
When people talk about 📹, they mean filming, screen, and the visual format of an image. 📹 is included in a message when you need to show video, cinema, filming, on-screen format, or a visual scene. In messaging, 📹 conveys "this is about video" or "the on-screen format matters" or "we are talking about filming or watching." Paired with 🎬 📽 🍿, 📹 reads more naturally and understandably. A typical phrase with 📹: "The visual presentation and screen is immediately readable here 📹" — and the context is instantly clear. In a broader sense, such emojis often mean not literal equipment, but a shift into observation mode, display, or performance.
Usage Examples 📹
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :video_camera: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :video_camera: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :video_camera: | |
| HTML Dec | 📹 | |
| HTML Hex | 📹 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F4F9"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F4F9 | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83D\uDCF9 | |
| Perl | \x{1F4F9} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F4F9} | |
| Punycode | xn--vu8h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%93%B9 | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 93 B9 |