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Japanese post office

A building marked with the 〒 postal symbol, representing a Japanese post office

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Code points
U+1F3E3
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Meaning

A building marked with the 〒 postal symbol, representing a Japanese post office. It commonly conveys mail, postal services, or sending and receiving packages, especially in contexts related to Japan. In conversation it can signal that someone is mailing something, waiting on a delivery, or referring to a post office location. It is sometimes used loosely for any postal building, though its distinctive Japanese signage makes that use less precise. Context usually clarifies whether the reference is literal or symbolic.

Japanese post office — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

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Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F3E3
Unicode name
Japanese post office
Category
Travel & PlacesBuildings
Unicode
6.0 · 2010Emoji 0.6
Keywords
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Single code point
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F3E3
Unicode nameJapanese post office
UTF-8F0 9F 8F A3
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):japanese_post_office:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🏣
HTML (decimal)🏣
CSS\1F3E3
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F3E3}
Python\U0001F3E3
Perl\x{1F3E3}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F3E3}
Encodings
Punycodexn--xm8h
URL escape code%F0%9F%8F%A3

Frequently asked

What does 🏣 Japanese post office mean?

A building marked with the 〒 postal symbol, representing a Japanese post office. It commonly conveys mail, postal services, or sending and receiving packages, especially in contexts related to Japan. In conversation it can signal that someone is mailing something, waiting on a delivery, or referring to a post office location. It is sometimes used loosely for any postal building, though its distinctive Japanese signage makes that use less precise. Context usually clarifies whether the reference is literal or symbolic.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🏣 Japanese post office?

U+1F3E3 (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :japanese_post_office:

Which emojis are related to 🏣 Japanese post office?

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