Hot springs Emoji

Travel

A dark red square containing three curved, rising steam lines over a pool of water. It serves as a clear, high-visibility sign for thermal baths or geothermally heated waters.

Usage Context

In Japan, this icon is the standard map marker for onsen, which are public bathhouses fed by natural hot springs. While users globally might occasionally use it to signal 'hot food' or 'steaming coffee' alongside ☕, it remains a vital geographic navigational tool for travelers visiting Japan.

History

This character originated from the ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses) standard in the late 1990s. It was designed to help mobile users in Japan locate public facilities on digital maps long before modern GPS apps made such directions seamless.

Details

Glyph

♨

Unicode

U+2668

Shortcode

:emoji_u2668:

HTML Entity

♨

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory place-other

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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