# 📷 Camera emoji

📷 Camera is an emoji in the light and video set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: photo, selfie, snap, tbt, trip and video.

- Emoji: 📷
- Unicode name: camera
- Code points: U+1F4F7
- Category: Objects, Light and video
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :camera:
- Keywords: camera, photo, selfie, snap, tbt, trip, video
- Page: https://emojichart.com/camera-emoji

## What it means

A compact camera with a lens and flash. Photography is the main theme, and it turns up in posts about taking pictures, selfies, travel snapshots and throwback photos.

## How to type 📷

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “camera”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “camera”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “camera”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “camera”.
- GitHub: Type :camera: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cámara de fotos | cámara, cámara de fotos |
| Français (fr) | appareil photo | appareil photo, photo, selfie, vidéo |
| Deutsch (de) | Fotoapparat | Fotoapparat, Fotos, Kamera |
| Italiano (it) | fotocamera | foto, fotocamera, fotografare, instagram, macchina fotografica, ricordi, scattare foto, selfie, viaggiare, video |
| Português (pt) | câmera | câmera, foto, selfie, vídeo |
| Nederlands (nl) | camera | camera, fotocamera, fotograferen, selfie, snap, video |
| Svenska (sv) | kamera | kamera, video |
| Polski (pl) | aparat fotograficzny | aparat, fotografia, fotograficzny, robić zdjęcie, wideo, zdjęcie |
| Türkçe (tr) | fotoğraf makinesi | fotoğraf makinesi, video |
| Русский (ru) | фотоаппарат | съемка, фото, фотоаппарат, фотокамера |
| Українська (uk) | фотоапарат | відео, знімки, камера, на згадку, фото, фотоапарат, фотограф |
| Ελληνικά (el) | φωτογραφική μηχανή | βίντεο, ίνσταγκραμ, κάμερα, παλιά, σέλφι, στιγμιότυπο, ταξίδι, φωτογραφία, φωτογραφική μηχανή |
| العربية (ar) | كاميرا | التقاط, انستاغرام, تصوير, سلفي, سيلفي, صورة, فيديو, كاميرا, لحظات |
| עברית (he) | מצלמה | וידאו, מצלמה, מצלמת כיס, צילום |
| فارسی (fa) | دوربین | دوربین, عکس, ویدیو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कैमरा | कैमरा, वीडियो |
| বাংলা (bn) | ক্যামেরা | ক্যামেরা, ভিডিও |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kamera | kamera, video |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | máy ảnh | máy ảnh, video |
| ไทย (th) | กล้อง | กล้อง, วิดีโอ |
| 日本語 (ja) | カメラ | カメラ, 写真 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 카메라 | 동영상, 비디오, 사진, 사진 촬영, 셀카, 스냅, 여행, 지난 시절, 카메라 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 相机 | 卡片相机, 拍照, 摄影, 照片, 照相机, 相机, 自拍 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 相機 | 相機 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kamera
- Akan (ak): kamɛra
- Albanian (sq): kamerë
- Amharic (am): ካሜራ
- Armenian (hy): ֆոտոապարատ
- Assamese (as): কেমেৰা
- Azerbaijani (az): kamera
- Bashkir (ba): фотоаппарат
- Basque (eu): kamera
- Belarusian (be): камера
- Bosnian (bs): fotoaparat
- Breton (br): lucʼhskeudennerez
- Bulgarian (bg): фотоапарат
- Burmese (my): ကင်မရာ
- Cantonese (yue): 相機
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 相机
- Catalan (ca): càmera
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): камера
- Croatian (hr): fotoaparat
- Czech (cs): fotoaparát
- Danish (da): kamera
- Estonian (et): kaamera
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): máquina fotográfica
- Faroese (fo): myndatól
- Filipino (fil): camera
- Finnish (fi): kamera
- Galician (gl): cámara de fotos
- Georgian (ka): ფოტოაპარატი
- Gujarati (gu): કૅમેરા
- Hausa (ha): kyamara
- Hungarian (hu): fényképezőgép
- Icelandic (is): myndavél
- Igbo (ig): igwefòto
- Irish (ga): ceamara
- Javanese (jv): kamera
- Kalaallisut (kl): kamera
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಯಾಮರಾ
- Kazakh (kk): камера
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كامەرا
- Khmer (km): កាមេរ៉ា​
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kamera
- Konkani (kok): कॅमेरा
- Kyrgyz (ky): камера
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Elesab’al wachib’al
- Lao (lo): ກ້ອງຖ່າຍຮູບ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): cámara fotográfica
- Latvian (lv): fotokamera
- Lithuanian (lt): fotoaparatas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): fotoaparat
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fotoapparat
- Macedonian (mk): фотоапарат
- Malay (ms): kamera
- Malayalam (ml): ക്യാമറ
- Maltese (mt): kamera
- Marathi (mr): कॅमेरा
- Mongolian (mn): камер
- Māori (mi): pūwhakaahua
- Nepali (ne): क्यामेरा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kámẹ́ra
- Northern Sotho (nso): khamera
- Norwegian (no): kamera
- Occitan (oc): camèra
- Odia (or): କ୍ୟାମେରା
- Oromo (om): kaameraa
- Pashto (ps): کامره
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੈਮਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کیمرہ
- Quechua (qu): camara
- Romanian (ro): cameră foto
- Romansh (rm): apparat da fotografar
- Sardinian (sc): fotocàmera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): camara
- Serbian (sr): фотоапарат
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): fotoaparat
- Shan (shn): ၵွင်ႈထႆႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪئميرا
- Sinhala (si): කැමරාව
- Slovak (sk): fotoaparát
- Slovenian (sl): fotoaparat
- Somali (so): kamarad
- Swahili (sw): kamera
- Tajik (tg): камера
- Tamil (ta): கேமரா
- Telugu (te): కెమెరా
- Tigrinya (ti): ካሜራ
- Tongan (to): faitā
- Tswana (tn): khemera
- Turkmen (tk): kamera
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): fotoaparat
- Urdu (ur): کیمرا
- Uyghur (ug): كامېرا
- Uzbek (uz): kamera
- Welsh (cy): camera
- Wolof (wo): nataalukaay
- Xhosa (xh): ikhamera
- Yoruba (yo): kámẹ́rà
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): kámɛ́rà
- Zulu (zu): ikhamera

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4F7` |
| HTML | `📷` |
| CSS | `\1F4F7` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4F7}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4F7` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 B7` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCF7` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%B7` |

## Questions

### What does the 📷 camera emoji mean?

A compact camera with a lens and flash. Photography is the main theme, and it turns up in posts about taking pictures, selfies, travel snapshots and throwback photos.

### How do I type the 📷 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “camera”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :camera:.

### When was the 📷 emoji added?

📷 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 📷?

U+1F4F7. In HTML you can write 📷, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4F7}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/camera-emoji