School Emoji

Travel

A classic illustration of a school building, typically shown with a central clock tower, large windows, and a brick or stone facade. It serves as a universal sign for an educational institution.

Usage Context

Used to denote academic life, whether someone is heading to class, dropping kids off, or reminiscing about their childhood. It is frequently sent alongside 🎒, 📚, or 🚌 to signal the start of a semester or the daily grind of homework.

History

Part of the original set of emojis derived from Japanese mobile carrier sets, the design reflects the standardized look of schoolhouses often depicted in early 20th-century animations and textbooks. It was officially integrated into the Unicode standard in 2010 to help text-based communication bridge the gap for students and parents.

Details

Glyph

🏫

Unicode

U+1F3EB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3eb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFEB;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory place-building

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

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