Speaking head, U+1F5E3, is the speaking emoji: one tap copies it. CLDR files six emoji under speak, speech or talk, and this is the only one filed under speaking. The page holds 59 ways to say it out loud.
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Copy the head, or search for a louder one
For speak emoji copy and paste, press Copy under the big character. Search reads Unicode names and CLDR search words, so gossip finds Person tipping hand and karaoke finds Microphone. Pick a skin tone under More options and six emoji and two combos follow it.
What the other phone shows
Speaking head has a plain text form, which the style switch under More options copies. Fight cloud is from Emoji 17.0, so an older device shows an empty box. Eye in speech bubble is Eye joined to Left speech bubble, and a device without the joined drawing shows the pair. (^o^)/ is plain ASCII. The other shouting faces borrow katakana, a Cyrillic De or a Greek sigma, and need fonts for those scripts.
Tips
For speaking head emoji copy and paste that reads as agreement, take Spitting facts: the head, then Fire.
To mark a quote, put the head before the words: Wiktionary records that use. Where emoji fail, the text group has quote marks.
One head is a remark. Louder, for the back is three in a row.
Questions and answers
What is the speaking head emoji called?
Speaking head, U+1F5E3. Unicode's character name is Speaking Head in Silhouette. CLDR, the Unicode project's list of search words for emoji, files it under face, head, silhouette, speak and speaking. Only Bust in silhouette and Busts in silhouette share the word silhouette.
Is there a shouting or yelling emoji?
Not by name. CLDR gives shout, yell and voice to no emoji. The closest are Speaking head, which Wiktionary records as speaking or shouting, and the two filed under loud: Loudspeaker and Speaker high volume. In text, Wikipedia's list of emoticons records (โงใญโฆ) as shouting.
What does the head followed by fire mean?
Wiktionary records the pair as internet slang: someone is speaking facts, mostly in comments and for opinions the sender agrees with. Hundred percent, the head then Hundred points, says much the same, since CLDR lists agree and truth for the second part.
๐๏ธโ๐จ๏ธEye in speech bubbleU+1F441 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F5E8 U+FE0F. Built from two emoji, Eye joined to Left speech bubble. CLDR lists speech and witness. A device without the joined drawing shows the two parts side by side. Emoji 2.0.
๐จ๏ธLeft speech bubbleU+1F5E8 U+FE0F. An empty bubble with its tail on the left. CLDR lists speech and dialog. Emoji 2.0.
๐ฆParrotU+1F99C. The only animal CLDR files under talk. It also lists pirate. Emoji 11.0.
๐Speak-no-evil monkeyU+1F64A. The one other emoji filed under speak, and it means the opposite. CLDR also lists quiet and secret. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฃ๏ธSpeaking headU+1F5E3 U+FE0F. Unicode names U+1F5E3 Speaking Head in Silhouette. CLDR files it under speak, speaking, head, face and silhouette. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.7.
๐ฌSpeech balloonU+1F4AC. The only emoji CLDR files under both speech and talk. It also lists dialog, message, sms and typing. Emoji 0.6.
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Silhouettes, mouths and ears 12
๐คBust in silhouetteU+1F464. The same subgroup and the same search word, silhouette, with the mouth shut. CLDR also lists mysterious and shadow. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅBusts in silhouetteU+1F465. Two silhouettes. CLDR lists everyone, friends and people, so this is the audience. Emoji 1.0.
๐EarU+1F442. The receiving end. CLDR lists hear, listen and sound. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฎFace with open mouthU+1F62E. An open mouth that is not speech. CLDR lists whoa, wow and unbelievable. Emoji 1.0.
๐คฌFace with symbols on mouthU+1F92C. Speech with the words covered up. CLDR lists censor, cursing and swearing. Emoji 5.0.
๐ซฏFight cloudU+1FAEF. New in Emoji 17.0, so a device with older fonts shows an empty box. It is the only emoji CLDR files under debate, and it lists argument and disagreement too. Emoji 17.0.
๐MouthU+1F444. CLDR lists lips, kiss and lipstick, and no word about talking. Emoji 0.6.
๐ซดPalm up handU+1FAF4. The only emoji CLDR files under tell. It dates from Emoji 14.0 and takes a skin tone. Emoji 14.0.
๐Person raising handU+1F64B. Waiting for a turn to speak. CLDR lists question, know, me and pick. Emoji 0.6.
๐Person tipping handU+1F481. The person CLDR files under gossip, along with sassy and sarcasm. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฏ๏ธRight anger bubbleU+1F5EF U+FE0F. A bubble CLDR does not file under speech. It lists anger, angry and mad. It dates from Emoji 0.7, as Speaking head does. Emoji 0.7.
๐ญThought balloonU+1F4AD. What was not said out loud. CLDR lists think, thoughts, daydream and wonder. Emoji 1.0.
Volume, microphones and fire 16
๐ฏBullseyeU+1F3AF. For a point that landed. CLDR lists direct, hit and target. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅCollisionU+1F4A5. CLDR lists boom and comic. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅFireU+1F525. CLDR lists lit and af. After a Speaking head it says the point was a good one. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฏHundred pointsU+1F4AF. CLDR lists agree, truth and yup, which is what it adds to a Speaking head. Emoji 0.6.
โ๏ธIndex pointing upU+261D U+FE0F. CLDR lists this and point. For agreeing with the message above. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
๐ขLoudspeakerU+1F4E2. A public address horn: CLDR lists public and address. It is one of two emoji filed under loud. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฃMegaphoneU+1F4E3. The cone for a crowd. CLDR gives it three search words: cheering, megaphone and sound. Emoji 0.6.
๐คMicrophoneU+1F3A4. CLDR lists karaoke, mic and sing. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฐNewspaperU+1F4F0. CLDR lists news and communication. Emoji 0.6.
๐จPolice car lightU+1F6A8. CLDR lists alarm, alert and siren. It opens an announcement. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฏPostal hornU+1F4EF. CLDR gives it horn, post and postal, and no word about sound. Emoji 1.0.
๐Speaker high volumeU+1F50A. The other emoji CLDR files under loud. Emoji 0.6.
๐Speaker medium volumeU+1F509. Indoor voice. CLDR lists medium and volume. Emoji 1.0.
๐๏ธStudio microphoneU+1F399 U+FE0F. CLDR lists studio and mic. It dates from Emoji 0.7, as Speaking head does, and has a plain text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐งโ๐ซTeacherU+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F3EB. CLDR lists lecturer, instructor and professor: paid to be the speaking head. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 12.1.
๐Telephone receiverU+1F4DE. CLDR lists communication, receiver and voip. Emoji 0.6.
Text shouts and quote marks 11
(ฯยฐโยฐ)ฯBoth index fingers pointing: what they said
(โงใญโฆ)Eyes shut, square mouth open: Wikipedia records it as shouting
(ใยฐใญยฐ)ใBoth arms up and a square mouth: a shout across a field
ยซยปDouble angle quotation marks, for a quote that stands out
โโCurly quotation marks: the plain way to mark a quote
ใใCorner brackets, the quotation marks of Japanese text
ใฝ(ยฐใยฐ)๏พArms out and a big round mouth
๏ผใ๏พะ๏พ๏ผA Cyrillic De for a wide mouth: recorded as surprised or loudmouthed
(^o^)/Round mouth open and one arm up, calling hello
(*๏พ๏พO๏พ)A hand cupped beside a capital O mouth, calling out
Speaking head combos 14
๐ฃ๏ธ๐Full volumeSpeaking head, then speaker high volume. CLDR files the speaker under loud.
๐ซด๐ฃ๏ธGo on, tell usPalm up hand, then speaking head. Palm up hand is the one emoji CLDR files under tell. It follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐Hear me outSpeaking head, then ear. The speaking end, then the listening end.
๐ฆ๐ฃ๏ธHeard it from a parrotParrot, then speaking head. Secondhand information. CLDR files the parrot under talk and the head under speak.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ซฏHeated debateSpeaking head, then fight cloud. Fight cloud dates from Emoji 17.0, so an older device shows the head beside an empty box.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฏHundred percentSpeaking head, then hundred points. CLDR lists agree, truth and yup for the second part.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธLouder, for the backSpeaking head 3 times. One head is a remark. Three is a point being made.
๐ค๐ฃ๏ธMic checkMicrophone, then speaking head. One, two. CLDR lists mic for the first part.
๐ข๐ฃ๏ธPublic announcementLoudspeaker, then speaking head. CLDR lists public and address for the loudspeaker. The head says who is speaking.
๐๐ฃ๏ธQuestion from the floorPerson raising hand, then speaking head. A hand goes up, then the question. The person follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฌQuote, unquoteSpeaking head, then speech balloon. Wiktionary records the head alone as a mark for a quotation. The balloon makes it plainer.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฅSpitting factsSpeaking head, then fire. Wiktionary records this pair: it says the speaker is stating facts, mostly in comments and mostly about an opinion the sender agrees with.
๐จ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฐThis just inPolice car light, then speaking head, then newspaper. The light, the voice, then the paper.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฅWord got aroundSpeaking head, then busts in silhouette. One speaker, then everyone. CLDR lists everyone for the second part.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The 34 emoji, their names, code points, skin tones and Emoji version numbers come from emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file, in sentence case. The search words quoted in the notes are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml, main branch). The group Filed under speak, speech or talk is every emoji to which that file gives one of the search words speak, speaking, speech or talk: 6 in all. The file gives shout, yell, voice, say and quote to no emoji. Speaking head sits in the subgroup person-symbol, which has 11 entries. The text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). The other emoji, the 11 text items and the 14 combos are this site's own choice, and the combo names are our own. Every character in a text item was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and a note that names a character uses its name from that file. Wikipedia's List of emoticons records (โงใญโฆ) as shouting, ๏ผใ๏พะ๏พ๏ผ as surprised or loudmouthed, and a longer form of (*๏พ๏พO๏พ) as calling out (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons). Wiktionary's entry for the speaking head records three uses, speaking or shouting, emphasis on a statement or opinion, and marking a quotation (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/๐ฃ), and its entry for the head followed by fire records that pair as saying someone is stating facts, often in comments and for agreeable opinions (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฅ). All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are ours; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words and credited in source)