Japanese “monthly amount” button Emoji

Symbols

A square containing the Japanese kanji for 'month' (月) set against a bright orange background. This character specifically refers to a monthly payment, rent, or a recurring fee in Japanese business contexts.

Usage Context

You will frequently see this on Japanese billing statements or mobile app interfaces to indicate subscription-based services. It is often used by people tracking monthly budgets or when discussing financial obligations alongside other money-related icons like 💰 or 💳.

History

This symbol was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the effort to bring Japanese emoji sets into the global character database. It originates from traditional Japanese accounting practices where specific ideographs were used on paper documents to categorize periodic transactions before digital banking became the norm.

Details

Glyph

🈷

Unicode

U+1F237

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f237:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDE37;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory alphanum

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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