Mosque Emoji

Travel

A golden-yellow domed building featuring a tall, thin minaret reaching toward the sky. It represents a place of communal prayer for Muslims and is recognized globally as the center of Islamic architectural heritage.

Usage Context

Frequently used to denote events related to Islamic holidays, daily prayer times, or travel to regions with significant religious landmarks. It serves as a digital landmark for discussions about faith and community gatherings alongside other religious icons like ⛪ or 🕍.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji was introduced to provide better representation for global users of mobile messaging platforms. It reflects the growing need for diverse cultural and religious imagery as communication tools expanded beyond their early Western-centric roots.

Details

Glyph

🕌

Unicode

U+1F54C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f54c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD4C;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory place-religious

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository