# 🎬 Clapper board emoji

🎬 Clapper board is an emoji in the light and video set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: action and movie.

- Emoji: 🎬
- Unicode name: clapper board
- Code points: U+1F3AC
- Category: Objects, Light and video
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :clapper:
- Keywords: action, board, clapper, movie
- Page: https://emojichart.com/clapper-board-emoji

## What it means

The hinged board snapped shut at the start of a film take is called a clapperboard. It signals movies, filmmaking and shooting scenes, and gets used for lights, camera, action, film sets, directing and video content.

## How to type 🎬

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | claqueta | cine, claqueta, claqueta de cine, entretenimiento, película |
| Français (fr) | clap | action, ça tourne, clap, film |
| Deutsch (de) | Filmklappe | Film, Filmklappe, Klappe, Unterhaltung |
| Italiano (it) | ciak | ciak, ciak si gira, cinema, film, filmare, intrattenimento, lavagna, regista, scena, tavoletta |
| Português (pt) | claquete | cena, claquete, entretenimento, filme, tomada |
| Nederlands (nl) | klapbord | actie, entertainment, film, filmklapper, filmset, klapbord, klapper, opnames |
| Svenska (sv) | filmklappa | film, filmklappa, klappa |
| Polski (pl) | klaps | film, kino, klaps |
| Türkçe (tr) | film tahtası | eğlence, film, film tahtası, tahta |
| Русский (ru) | хлопушка-нумератор | дубль, кино, киносъемки, нумератор, нумератор с хлопушкой, снято, сцена, хлопушка, хлопушка-нумератор |
| Українська (uk) | кінохлопавка | зйомка, кінохлопавка, фільм, хлопавка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κλακέτα φιλμ | δράση, κλακέτα, κλακέτα φιλμ, ταινία |
| العربية (ar) | كلاكيت | أكشون, أكشيون, ترفيه, فيلم, كلاكيت, موفي |
| עברית (he) | קלאפר | סרט, צילום, קולנוע, קלאפר |
| فارسی (fa) | کلاکت | تخته‌نشان, فیلم, کلاکت |
| हिन्दी (hi) | क्लैपर बोर्ड | क्लैपर, क्लैपर बोर्ड, क्लैपरबोर्ड, फिल्म, मनोरंजन, मूवी |
| বাংলা (bn) | ক্ল্যাপার বোর্ড | অ্যাকশন, ক্ল্যাপার, ক্ল্যাপার বোর্ড, মুভি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | papan sutradara | film, papan sutradara |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bảng clapper | bảng clapper, diễn, phim |
| ไทย (th) | สเลท | คัท, ถ่ายหนัง, ภาพยนตร์, สเลท, แอคชั่น |
| 日本語 (ja) | カチンコ | カチンコ, 映画 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 슬레이트 | 슬레이트, 액션, 영화, 영화 촬영, 클래퍼보드 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 场记板 | 场记, 场记板, 打板, 拍电影 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 場記板 | 場記板, 開麥拉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): klapbord
- Akan (ak): klapa bɔɔdo
- Albanian (sq): tabelë dublimi e skenës
- Amharic (am): የፊልም ቀረጻ መቀንጠቢያ ሰሌዳ
- Armenian (hy): կինոդուբլների համարացույց
- Assamese (as): ক্লেপাৰ ব’ৰ্ড
- Azerbaijani (az): numerator
- Bashkir (ba): кино таҡтаһы
- Basque (eu): klaketa
- Belarusian (be): нумаратар з хлапушкай
- Bosnian (bs): filmska klapa
- Breton (br): klek
- Bulgarian (bg): клапа
- Burmese (my): ရုပ်ရှင် ကလက်ဘုတ်
- Cantonese (yue): 拍板
- Catalan (ca): claqueta
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏏᏛᏂᎭ ᏯᏖᎾ
- Chuvash (cv): шартлатакан хӑма
- Croatian (hr): klapa
- Czech (cs): filmová klapka
- Danish (da): klaptræ
- Estonian (et): klapptahvel
- Faroese (fo): klapptræ
- Filipino (fil): clapper board
- Finnish (fi): klaffitaulu
- Galician (gl): claqueta
- Georgian (ka): ნუმერატორი ტკაცუნათი
- Gujarati (gu): ક્લેપર બોર્ડ
- Hausa (ha): allon nunan wasan fim
- Hungarian (hu): csapó
- Icelandic (is): klapptré
- Igbo (ig): ngwa nkụpụta ụda
- Irish (ga): clabaire
- Javanese (jv): papan aba-aba adhegan
- Kalaallisut (kl): klaptræ
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಲಾಪರ್ ಬೋರ್ಡ್
- Kazakh (kk): шартылдақ нөмірлеуіш
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): شارتىلداق نومىرلەۋىش
- Khmer (km): ក្តារធ្វើជាសញ្ញាពេលចាប់ផ្តើមថតកុន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): akabaho bifashisha bakina filimi
- Konkani (kok): क्लेपर बोर्ड
- Kyrgyz (ky): шакылдак нумератор
- Lao (lo): ແຜ່ນແຄລບເປີ
- Latvian (lv): klapīte
- Lithuanian (lt): pliauškė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): filmowa klapa
- Luxembourgish (lb): Filmklapp
- Macedonian (mk): филмска клапа
- Malay (ms): papan pengetap
- Malayalam (ml): ക്ലാപ്പർ ബോർഡ്
- Maltese (mt): clapper board
- Marathi (mr): क्लॅपर बोर्ड
- Mongolian (mn): кадр
- Māori (mi): papa papaki
- Nepali (ne): क्ल्याप्पर बोर्ड
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Klápa Bọd
- Northern Sotho (nso): poto ya mmobi
- Norwegian (no): filmklapper
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): filmklappar
- Odia (or): କ୍ଲାପର୍‌ ବୋର୍ଡ୍
- Oromo (om): gabatee walitti rukutuu
- Pashto (ps): د کلیپر تخته
- Punjabi (pa): ਕਲੈਪਰ ਬੋਰਡ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کلیپر بورڈ
- Quechua (qu): claqueta
- Romanian (ro): clachetă
- Romansh (rm): clappa da film
- Sardinian (sc): ciàc
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bòrd-braig
- Serbian (sr): режисерска клапа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): režiserska klapa
- Shan (shn): ပႅၼ်ႈၶလႅပ်ႉပႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪليپربورڊ
- Sinhala (si): ක්ලැපර් බෝඩ්
- Slovak (sk): klapka
- Slovenian (sl): klapa
- Somali (so): samuurada bilowga duubista
- Swahili (sw): ubao wa kuanzisha matukio wakati wa kutengeneza filamu
- Tajik (tg): нумератор
- Tamil (ta): கிளாப்பர் போர்டு
- Telugu (te): క్లాప్ బోర్డ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ክላፐር ቦርድ
- Tongan (to): papapasi
- Tswana (tn): boto ya sediramodumo
- Turkmen (tk): hlopuşka
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): filmowa klapa
- Urdu (ur): کلیپر بورڈ
- Uyghur (ug): چىك-چاك
- Uzbek (uz): klaper taxtasi
- Welsh (cy): clepiwr
- Wolof (wo): klapet
- Xhosa (xh): ibhodi yemuvi
- Yoruba (yo): pataki alapade
- Zulu (zu): i-clapper board

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3AC` |
| HTML | `🎬` |
| CSS | `\1F3AC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3AC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3AC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8E AC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFAC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8E%AC` |

## Questions

### What does the 🎬 clapper board emoji mean?

The hinged board snapped shut at the start of a film take is called a clapperboard. It signals movies, filmmaking and shooting scenes, and gets used for lights, camera, action, film sets, directing and video content.

### How do I type the 🎬 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “clapper board”. 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 :clapper:.

### When was the 🎬 emoji added?

🎬 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F3AC. In HTML you can write 🎬, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3AC}.

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