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

Information about emoji VIDEO GAME
- Unicode Name
- VIDEO GAME
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F3AE
- Category
- Activities & Sports
- Subcategory
- game
- Slug
- video_game
Meaning and description of emoticon 🎮
🎮 depicts a game controller with a directional pad and buttons — the classic console controller. Part of the Unicode standard in the Activities category.
🎮 in chat conveys gaming, digital entertainment, and full-immersion mode — "I'm going to play" or "I want to fully immerse in the process." It's often used with 🕹️ or 🔥, and in messages it reads as "I'm already in gaming mode today 🎮" and fits well in conversations about games, streams, and screen time relaxation. A gamepad often means not just gaming but a desire to step out of reality and tasks for a while.
Usage Examples 🎮
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :video_game: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :video_game: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :video_game: | |
| HTML Dec | 🎮 | |
| HTML Hex | 🎮 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F3AE"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F3AE | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83C\uDFAE | |
| Perl | \x{1F3AE} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F3AE} | |
| Punycode | xn--fl8h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%8E%AE | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 8E AE |