Japanese “application” Button Emoji

Japanese “application” Button is a single code point introduced in Emoji 0.6. It belongs to the Symbols group, Alphanum subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
Japanese “application” button
CLDR short name
Japanese “application” button
Korean name (CLDR)
거듭 신
Code points
U+1F238
Group
Symbols
Subgroup
Alphanum
Added to Unicode
6.0
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+1F238
JavaScript escape
\u{1f238}
CSS escape · For content: "…"
\1F238
HTML hexadecimal entity
🈸
HTML decimal entity
🈸
JSON escaped string
"\uD83C\uDE38"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F238
Java Unicode escape · UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83C\uDE38
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%88%B8
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 88 B8

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, “Japanese “application” button”. 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 Japanese “application” Button?

Japanese “application” Button is U+1F238.

Does Japanese “application” Button 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 Japanese “application” Button in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 🈸 in HTML, \u{1f238} in JavaScript.

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