Department store Emoji

Travel

A multi-story building featuring large glass display windows and a prominent 'Department' sign on the facade. It represents a large-scale retail environment where shoppers can find various types of goods under one roof.

Usage Context

Frequently used to coordinate shopping trips, discuss retail habits, or reference a day spent at the mall. It is often paired with the 🛍️ shopping bags or the 💳 credit card to signal a spree, or with 🚶 when someone is heading out to browse.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial emoji rollout, this icon draws inspiration from the massive, multi-level 'depāto' retail culture prevalent in Japan, which served as a blueprint for the modern shopping mall experience globally.

Details

Glyph

🏬

Unicode

U+1F3EC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3ec:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFEC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory place-building

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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