# 📞 U+1F4DE TELEPHONE RECEIVER

## Properties

- General category: [Other Symbol](/unicode/categories/other-symbol.md) (So)
- Script: [Common](/unicode/scripts/common.md) (Common)

## Annotations

- • commonly oriented rightwards, so that a face emoticon can be positioned to the right
- → [U+1F57B 🕻 LEFT HAND TELEPHONE RECEIVER](/unicode/U+1F57B.md)
- → [U+1F57D 🕽 RIGHT HAND TELEPHONE RECEIVER](/unicode/U+1F57D.md)