Convenience store Emoji

Travel

A stylized storefront building featuring a large blue letter 'E' on the front, representing a typical neighborhood convenience shop. It depicts a brightly lit, welcoming entrance designed for quick stops.

Usage Context

Used to talk about running errands, grabbing a late-night snack, or meeting up at a local store. It is the go-to icon for mentioning a 'quick trip' to pick up essentials, often paired with 🛒 when planning a larger shopping run or 🥤 when talking about grabbing a drink.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, this emoji was heavily influenced by the Japanese 'konbini' culture—ubiquitous 24-hour convenience stores that serve as community hubs. The 'E' design is a nod to famous international chains like 7-Eleven that became cultural staples in urban environments.

Details

Glyph

🏪

Unicode

U+1F3EA

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3ea:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFEA;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory place-building

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

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