Kaaba Emoji

Travel

A dark, cube-shaped structure draped in a black cloth with a gold band across the top section. This represents the Kaaba, the central point of pilgrimage for Muslims worldwide located in the Great Mosque of Mecca.

Usage Context

Used to denote topics surrounding the Hajj pilgrimage, Islamic holidays, or general discussions about the holy city of Mecca. It is frequently sent alongside symbols of prayer like 🙏 or buildings like 🕌 to convey messages of devotion or travel.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji was requested to provide better representation for the millions of people who journey to the site annually, bridging the gap between historical religious landmarks and modern digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🕋

Unicode

U+1F54B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f54b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD4B;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Travel

Subcategory place-religious

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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