Japanese “Prohibited” Button Emoji
Alternate styles by Microsoft Fluent Emoji, MIT / CC BY 4.0 licensed.
What does Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲 mean?
Part of the Symbols category, the Japanese “Prohibited” Button emoji sits within Alphanumeric Symbols. Related keywords include button, ideograph, japanese, prohibited.
Like the rest of the Symbols category, it renders slightly differently across Apple, Google, and Samsung keyboards, though the core meaning stays consistent. It tends to read differently in a casual group chat than it would in a work message, so it's worth considering the audience before sending it. It's frequently used near emojis like Input Latin Uppercase and Input Latin Lowercase, which cover similar ground.
💡 Interesting fact: This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in Emoji version 0.6 (2010).
How to use Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲 in a sentence
- Marked it 🈲 for later.
- Added a 🈲 to make it clearer.
- Used 🈲 to flag this in the group chat.
- Tagged the message with 🈲
- Dropped a 🈲 to mark it as done.
Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲 in other languages
French
bouton interdit en japonais
Mandarin
日文的“禁止”按钮
German
Schriftzeichen für „verbieten“
Hindi
जापानी “निषेध” बटन
Japanese
禁マーク
Korean
금할 금
Portuguese
botão japonês de “proibido”
Spanish
ideograma japonés para "prohibido"
Russian
запрет
Arabic
الزر /ممنوع/ باليابانية
Frequently asked questions
What does the Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲 emoji mean?
Part of the Symbols category, the Japanese “Prohibited” Button emoji sits within Alphanumeric Symbols. Related keywords include button, ideograph, japanese, prohibited.
How do people use the Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲 emoji in texting?
A common way it shows up in messages: "Marked it 🈲 for later." It's generally understood the same way across most messaging apps, though tone can shift slightly depending on who's sending it.
Can I download the Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲 emoji as an image?
Yes — this page has buttons to download Japanese “Prohibited” Button as an SVG (vector, best for scaling to any size) or a high-resolution PNG. The images come from the Twemoji design set (CC-BY 4.0), so credit is required if you reuse them elsewhere, and the exact art style may look slightly different from how this emoji renders on your own phone or computer.
Is there anything notable about the history of the Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲 emoji?
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in Emoji version 0.6 (2010).
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Cross-platform view of Japanese “Prohibited” Button 🈲
The same emoji is drawn differently by each company. Here's how Japanese “Prohibited” Button looks across the most common platforms.
