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Low Battery Emoji

The low battery emoji () — Unicode name Low Battery — means drained power, phone dying, dead battery, or empty social battery. People use it when their phone hits 1%, they are exhausted from socializing, or a long day tapped their energy. It is the red/empty battery icon — not full charged, not lightning electricity, and not sleep (though sleep recharges you). Copy below.

Quick answer

means drained, low battery, phone dying, or social battery empty. Full charge → . Electricity bolt → . Need sleep → or . Copy below.

Quick information

Emoji

Unicode name

LOW BATTERY

Common name

Low Battery Emoji

Code point

U+1FAAB

Decimal

129707

HTML entity

🪫

Category

objects

Subcategory

computer

Shortcode

:low_battery:

CLDR keywords

battery, drained, electronic, energy, low, power

Unicode version

15.0 (2022)

Emoji version

15.0 (2022)

Which drained, tired, or power emoji should I use?

is low battery — phone dying, empty charge, social battery depleted. is full charged. is lightning power symbol. and are sleep tired. is yawning exhausted. Pick empty battery vs full vs tired.

  • Low Battery

    Drained red battery — 1%, phone dying, need charger urgently.

    Best for: My phone is about to die, social battery empty

  • Battery

    Full green battery — charged, powered, energy available.

    Best for: 100%, social battery full — opposite of 🪫

  • High Voltage

    Lightning bolt — electricity, fast — not empty battery UI.

    Best for: Zap and speed — not dead phone icon

  • Zzz

    Sleeping, tired — need rest to recharge.

    Best for: Bedtime exhausted — metaphor overlaps with 🪫

  • Sleeping Face

    Asleep — offline, napping, do not disturb.

    Best for: Going to sleep — not literal battery glyph

  • Yawning Face

    Tired yawn — running out of steam.

    Best for: Almost empty — pairs with 🪫

  • Hot Face

    Overheated, exhausted, melting — drained from heat or effort.

    Best for: Too much today — energy depleted

  • Pleading Face

    Cute please — begging for charger or nap.

    Best for: Please let me charge 🥺🪫

Heart color emojis

Each heart color carries different meaning. Copy any heart or open its full meaning page.

Current
Battery
Lightning
Zzz
Sleeping
Yawning
Hot Face
Pleading

Who sent you Low Battery?

Pick the generation of the sender — the same emoji often means something different depending on how old they are.

Gen Z reading · born 1997–2012

ironic my phone is at 1% mid-convo, social battery depleted memes, pair with for please charge.

Low Battery emoji meaning

Context decides which reading applies. These are the most common uses in 2026.

Phone dying
Most common

Battery at 1% — need charger now, about to shut off.

e.g. Phone at 1%

Dead battery
Most common

Device powered off — completely drained.

e.g. Phone dead

Social battery empty
Platform-specific

Introvert tapped out — no more people energy today.

e.g. Social battery: empty

vs 🔋 battery
Literal

🪫 is drained red; 🔋 is full green charged.

e.g. empty vs full

vs ⚡ lightning
Literal

⚡ is electricity symbol; 🪫 is empty battery object.

e.g. dead vs power

Need charger
Most common

Asking for USB cable, power bank, outlet — urgent.

e.g. Anyone have a charger?

Exhausted / drained
Most common

Metaphorical empty — long day, no energy left.

e.g. I'm on empty

Travel battery panic
Most common

Airport, festival, road trip — phone dying with no outlet.

e.g. Lost at airport and 2%

Controller dying
Most common

Low controller battery mid-game — need to pause and charge.

e.g. Controller warning

End of workday
Most common

Mental battery depleted — can't take another meeting.

e.g. Brain at 1%

Please charge
Platform-specific

🥺🪫 — cute beg because phone is dying.

e.g.

Tired and empty
Most common

🪫🥱 — double exhaustion signal.

e.g.

Need recharge
Most common

Heading to nap or charger — temporary empty state.

e.g. Recharging soon →

Unicode name
Literal

LOW BATTERY added Unicode 15 — newer than 🔋; older phones may not show it.

e.g. U+1FAAB

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Platform designs

The same Unicode character renders differently on each platform. Reference previews use Twemoji where vendor artwork is unavailable — your device may show a different design.

Apple

Red depleted battery icon on iOS 16+ — matches low power mode aesthetic.

Reference preview (Twemoji)

Google

Noto red low battery on Android 13+ and Chrome.

Apache 2.0

Samsung

One UI low battery glyph on recent Galaxy devices.

Reference preview (Twemoji)

Microsoft

Fluent red empty battery on Windows 11.

Reference preview (Twemoji)

WhatsApp

WhatsApp added low battery artwork on supported versions.

Reference preview (Twemoji)

X (Twitter)

Twemoji-style depleted battery on X.

CC BY 4.0

OpenMoji

Open-source red empty battery design.

CC BY-SA 4.0

Low Battery emoji copy and paste

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Low Battery emoji combinations

Pair with other emojis to sharpen your message. Copy any combo in one tap.

Empty to full
Very popular

Before and after charge — or social battery arc through the day.

Meaning guide

Please charge
Very popular

Cute panic when phone is dying — borrow a charger asks.

Meaning guide

Depleted tired
Very popular

Double empty — no phone power and no human energy.

Meaning guide

Need sleep recharge
Popular

Too tired — sleep is the only charger left.

Meaning guide

Going offline
Popular

Phone dead and person asleep — do not disturb.

Meaning guide

Need power now
Popular

Desperate for electricity — find an outlet.

Meaning guide

Overheated empty
Niche

Long hot day drained everything — phone and person.

Meaning guide

Cannot continue
Niche

Phone dead so plans off — hard stop.

Meaning guide

Low Battery emoji examples

Real phrases people use. Tap to copy the full line.

Text message
iMessage
Instagram caption
Instagram
X / Twitter post
X
WhatsApp
WhatsApp
TikTok caption
TikTok
Slack
Slack
Discord
Discord
Snapchat
Snapchat
Reddit comment
Reddit
Social bio
Instagram

Low Battery emoji caption & message ideas

Phrases that pair naturally with . Tap the copy icon to grab any example line.

“at 1%”

Phone almost dead — urgent charge needed

e.g. living at 1%

“social battery empty”

No energy left for people

e.g. social battery empty

“phone is a brick”

Dead phone useless until charged

e.g. brick mode

“send charger”

Friend meme asking for rescue charge

e.g. send charger

“low power mode”

iOS battery saver — dim screen, slow phone

e.g. low power mode life

“tapped out”

No mental or social energy remaining

e.g. tapped out

“surviving on 3%”

Phone barely alive — dramatic humor

e.g. surviving on 3%

“rip battery”

Battery health degraded or day killed the charge

e.g. rip battery

People also ask

Common questions about the low battery emoji, answered clearly.

Low Battery emoji complete guide

History, usage, and context — everything beyond a quick copy-paste.

Low battery emoji overview

The low battery emoji () arrived in Unicode 15 as the drained counterpart to Battery. The red empty icon mirrors phone low-power warnings — instant recognition for anyone who has seen 1% flash on screen.

It quickly spread beyond literal phone panic into social battery memes, end-of-workday exhaustion, and festival survival posts where charging is impossible.

Phone dying scenarios

Classic use: my phone is at 2% mid-conversation, airport with no outlet, Uber need address but phone dead. The emoji communicates urgency better than typing low battery.

Pair with when asking friends for a charger — cute please plus actual crisis.

Social battery empty

After weddings, conferences, or back-to-back hangouts, introverts post social battery: . The metaphor maps phone physics onto social capacity — empty means need alone time to recharge to .

Extroverts may use it ironically when they still want to go out but body says no.

Low vs full battery

Story arcs use →: morning empty coffee then charged, or party drained then Sunday recharge. Contrast posts show side by side for before/after.

Do not use when you mean — readers trust the icon for literal charge level.

Unicode 15 and compatibility

Because is newer than , some older devices lack the glyph. FAQ and copy pages should mention updates — search demand for low battery emoji grows as adoption spreads.

CLDR keywords: battery, drained, electronic, energy, low, power.

When to pick a different emoji

Full charged brag → not . Lightning storm → . Sleepy but phone fine → or . Angry about dying phone → with words, not only .

In emergencies needing help, write clearly — emoji alone may not convey location or urgency.

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