Japanese “prohibited” button
A red square containing the Japanese character 禁, used to mark something as prohibited, forbidden, or not allowed
Meaning
A red square containing the Japanese character 禁, used to mark something as prohibited, forbidden, or not allowed. In conversation it commonly conveys "do not do this," "banned," or a firm refusal, often with a playful or blunt tone. It appears on signs, packaging, and labels in Japan to indicate restrictions. It can also be used jokingly to shut down an idea or topic. Because it is a Japanese-language symbol, some readers outside Japan may not recognize its exact sense, so meaning can be unclear without context.
Japanese “prohibited” button — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
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Unicode data
U+1F232Japanese “prohibited” buttonF0 9F 88 B2Shortcodes
:japanese_prohibited_button:HTML & CSS
🈲🈲\1F232 Languages
\u{1F232}\U0001F232\x{1F232}\u{1F232}Encodings
xn--k97h%F0%9F%88%B2Frequently asked
What does 🈲 Japanese “prohibited” button mean?
A red square containing the Japanese character 禁, used to mark something as prohibited, forbidden, or not allowed. In conversation it commonly conveys "do not do this," "banned," or a firm refusal, often with a playful or blunt tone. It appears on signs, packaging, and labels in Japan to indicate restrictions. It can also be used jokingly to shut down an idea or topic. Because it is a Japanese-language symbol, some readers outside Japan may not recognize its exact sense, so meaning can be unclear without context.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🈲 Japanese “prohibited” button?
U+1F232 (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :japanese_prohibited_button:
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