🈲 Japanese “Prohibited” Button
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Emoji Meaning
1
A bold red square featuring a Japanese character in the center — a clear visual signal that something is forbidden or not allowed.
2
A red, button-like or square sign displaying a white character that means prohibition or restriction. This is a Japanese emoji familiar to native speakers.
If you spot this symbol in Japan, take care not to violate local laws. For example, it may be used to restrict movement on private property.
Also Known As
- 🈲 Forbid
- 🈲 禁
Apple Name
- 🈲 Japanese Sign Meaning “Prohibited”
Unicode Name
- 🈲 Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-7981
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
🈲 Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+1F232
Shortcodes
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For developers
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%88%B2 |
| Punycode | xn--ckz |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 88 B2 |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \uD83C\uDE32 |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001f232 |
| CSS | \01F232 |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1F232} |
| Perl | \x{1F232} |
| HTML hex | 🈲 |
| HTML dec | 🈲 |
Tags: ideograph, Japanese, Japanese “prohibited” button, “prohibited”, 禁
Category: Symbols
Subgroup: Alphanum