Church Emoji

Church is a single code point introduced in Emoji 0.6. It belongs to the Travel & Places group, Place Religious subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
church
CLDR short name
church
Korean name (CLDR)
교회
Code points
U+26EA
Group
Travel & Places
Subgroup
Place Religious
Added to Unicode
5.2
Added to Emoji
0.6
Sequence
Single code point
Skin tones
Not defined

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji — these are what search matches against.

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character
Unicode code points
U+26EA
JavaScript escape
\u{26ea}
CSS escape · For content: "…"
\26EA
HTML hexadecimal entity
⛪
HTML decimal entity
⛪
JSON escaped string
"\u26EA"
Python Unicode escape
\u26EA
Java Unicode escape · UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\u26EA
URL encoded value
%E2%9B%AA
UTF-8 bytes
E2 9B AA

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, “church”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row — each repetition is read out in full.

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Related emojis

Chosen by shared CLDR keywords, subgroup and group — not by usage statistics, which we do not collect.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Church?

Church is U+26EA.

Does Church support skin tones?

No. Unicode does not define a skin tone modifier for this emoji, so adding one would produce the base emoji followed by a stray colour swatch.

How do I use Church in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: ⛪ in HTML, \u{26ea} in JavaScript.

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