Japanese Emojis
23 emojis tagged Japanese in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.
Japanese-themed emojis reflect the Japanese origin of the emoji concept itself — many of the earliest sets came from NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank carriers. The category covers food (🍙 rice ball, 🍡 dango), architecture (🏯 Japanese castle), cultural celebrations (🎋 tanabata tree, 🎍 pine decoration, 🎎 Japanese dolls), and signage (🔰 beginner symbol, 🎴 hanafuda cards). They're essential for content about Japan, anime captions, J-pop fandoms, and the broader otaku internet. Several Japanese-button emojis (🈚 free of charge, 🈯 reserved) double as cryptic visual markers in non-Japanese contexts.
- 🍙 rice ball
- 🍡 dango
- 🏯 Japanese castle
- 🎋 tanabata tree
- 🎍 pine decoration
- 🎎 Japanese dolls
- 🎴 flower playing cards
- 🔰 Japanese symbol for beginner
- 🈁 Japanese “here” button
- 🈶 Japanese “not free of charge” button
- 🈯 Japanese “reserved” button
- 🉐 Japanese “bargain” button
- 🈹 Japanese “discount” button
- 🈚 Japanese “free of charge” button
- 🈲 Japanese “prohibited” button
- 🉑 Japanese “acceptable” button
- 🈸 Japanese “application” button
- 🈴 Japanese “passing grade” button
- 🈳 Japanese “vacancy” button
- 🈵 Japanese “no vacancy” button
- 🎌 crossed flags
- 🏣 Japanese post office
- 🈺 Japanese “open for business” button
Frequently asked about Japanese emojis
Why are there so many Japanese-specific emojis?
Emoji originated in Japan in 1999 as part of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode mobile platform. When Unicode standardized them in 2010, the existing Japanese carrier sets were incorporated wholesale, which is why obscure Japanese-only symbols like 🈯 reserved or 🎴 hanafuda cards still ship on every phone.
What does 🔰 (the green-and-yellow shield) mean?
🔰 is the Japanese 'shoshinsha' mark — a beginner driver badge required on Japanese cars during the first year after passing the license test. Online it's used to mark beginners, novices, or new players in any skill domain.
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