Ship Emoji

Travel

A large, multi-deck passenger vessel rendered in profile, typically painted with a white hull and a dark superstructure. It features visible smokestacks and windows that suggest a massive cruise ship or ocean liner designed for long-distance travel.

Usage Context

Used to discuss travel, vacations, or seafaring adventures. It is frequently sent when someone is leaving for a trip or embarking on a major life change, such as 'shipping' two people together as a couple. It is often paired with 🌊 for sea travel or ✈️ for broader transportation discussions.

History

Added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the ship emoji originated from existing Japanese carrier sets that sought to visualize various modes of transport. Its design mirrors the massive passenger liners that became cultural icons of global travel throughout the 20th century.

Details

Glyph

🚢

Unicode

U+1F6A2

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6a2:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEA2;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-water

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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