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 CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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