White telephone (☏) is Unicode U+260F (WHITE TELEPHONE) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It is an outline telephone icon — useful for contact pages, call buttons, and communication UI. HTML5 has no named entity for this character.
Remember
Character ☏
Unicode U+260F
Hex entity ☏
Decimal ☏
Named entity (none)
CSS escape \260F
Not the same ☎ U+260E (black telephone)
All of these produce the same glyph: ☏. Prefer typing ☏ in UTF-8 when you can; use numeric or CSS forms for generated content. Do not use ☎ — that maps to black telephone (U+260E).
White telephone using Hex Code: ☏
White telephone using HTML Code: ☏
White telephone using CSS Entity: ☏
Typed directly: ☏
How It Works
1. Hex:U+260F → ☏ in HTML. The browser turns it into ☏.
2. Decimal: same code point as 9743 → ☏. Same result as hex.
3. CSS: use \260F in content (not an HTML entity). #point::after appends that ☏ after the paragraph text.
4. Typed ☏: fine in UTF-8 source. There is no named entity — ☎ is a different character.
Pitfalls & Tips
Common mistakes when working with white telephone (☏).
☎
Not black telephone
☏ is outline. For the filled form use ☎ (U+260E) / ☎.
Named?
No ☎ for this glyph
☎ always means U+260E. For ☏ use ☏ or ☏.
Emoji
Not modern phone emoji
📱 and similar emoji use different code points. Prefer U+260F when you want the classic text telephone.
a11y
Say “Call” or show the number
Screen readers may not announce the telephone clearly. Pair the glyph with visible text or a tel: link.
Fonts
Check symbol coverage
Some UI fonts omit U+260F. Prefer fonts with solid Miscellaneous Symbols support.
Semicolon
End references
Always finish with ; — write ☏, not ☏.
Compatibility
Browser Support
White telephone (U+260F) and its entity forms (☏, ☏, CSS \\260F) are supported in all mainstream browsers. Glyph quality depends on font support for Miscellaneous Symbols.
✓ Universal support
White Telephone (☏)
Type ☏, or encode with hex, decimal, or CSS escape — same glyph everywhere encoding is supported.
100%Browser coverage
Google ChromeSupported
Yes
Microsoft EdgeSupported
Yes
Mozilla FirefoxSupported
Yes
Apple SafariSupported
Yes
OperaSupported
Yes
Internet ExplorerAll versions
Yes
U+260F / entitiesFull support
Bottom line: Prefer a typed ☏ or ☏ / ☏ for markup. Use \\260F only inside CSS content. Do not use ☎ for this glyph.
Remember
Key Takeaways
Unicode: white telephone is U+260F (decimal 9743).
HTML: prefer typing ☏, or use ☏ / ☏.
CSS: use \260F inside content for generated icons.
Watch out: no named entity; ☏ ≠ ☎; ☎ is black telephone.
One line:U+260F → type ☏ / ☏ / ☏ / CSS \260F.
Frequently Asked Questions
Use ☏ (hex), ☏ (decimal), or the CSS escape \260F in the content property. All render ☏. You can also paste ☏ directly if your file is UTF-8. There is no named HTML entity.
U+260F (hex 260F, decimal 9743). Unicode names it WHITE TELEPHONE. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2600–U+26FF).
No. HTML5 does not define a named entity for white telephone. Use ☏ or ☏. The named form ☎ maps to black telephone (U+260E), not this character.
☏ (U+260F) is the outline white telephone. ☎ (U+260E) is black telephone with the named entity ☎. They are different code points.
HTML entities (☏ or ☏) go in markup. The CSS escape \260F is used in stylesheets (usually in the content property of ::before/::after). Both render ☏.
Use ☏ for contact UI, call cues, and decorative phone icons when you want the outline form. Prefer ☎ (☎) for the common filled telephone glyph. Always pair the icon with a phone number or the word Call for accessibility.
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Did you know?
White telephone is Unicode U+260F (decimal 9743) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block — official name WHITE TELEPHONE. HTML5 has no named entity for it. It is an outline telephone glyph — not the same as ☎ (black telephone / ☎).
