An electric plug, as inserted into a socket to power a device. Generally depicted as a black or gray, two-pronged plug at various angles, with a cable extending from its base. Prongs are silver or gold.

Commonly used for various literal and figurative content concerning electricity and power. May also be used for various slang senses of plug, e.g., a connection or hookup.

Apple and WhatsApp’s designs feature flat prongs resembling plugs used in North America and Japan, while other platforms, including Google and Samsung, depict rounder prongs resembling those used in continental Europe and many other parts of the world.

An early Google design featured a bright yellow plug with a long orange cord.

This emoji predates the inclusion and standardization of emojis within Unicode. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by au by KDDI in 1999.

Electric Plug was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.