Place of worship Emoji

Symbols

A violet square featuring a white silhouette of a person kneeling in prayer underneath a roof-like structure. It serves as a universal signifier for a sanctuary or a designated location for spiritual devotion.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to denote religious sites, announce attendance at a service, or show respect for various faiths. It is frequently sent alongside specific religious icons like 🙏, ⛪, or 🕌 to clarify the type of building or the act of worship taking place.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of Emoji 1.0, this character was developed to help bridge the gap in digital communication regarding religious identity and geographic location tagging for houses of worship.

Details

Glyph

🛐

Unicode

U+1F6D0

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6d0:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDED0;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory religion

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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