Muted speaker emoji meaning

The muted speaker emoji shows an image of a speaker with a line or cross over it, indicating that sound is turned off or muted. This emoji is commonly used to represent silence, the action of muting audio, or a request to stay quiet. People often use it in conversations to show they have turned off sound on a device, cannot hear something, or want to highlight a need for calm and quiet. It is especially relevant in digital communication when talking about video calls, music, movies, or any situation where sound is controlled. Over time, this emoji has become a universal symbol for silence in both virtual and real-world settings.

The muted speaker emoji is also known as Mute Emoji.

The muted speaker emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09114