🏯️ Japanese castle emoji
HTML
🏯
Unicode
U+1F3EF
What is 🏯️ called?
🏯️ is called the Japanese castle emoji.
Also known as Japanese fortress or shiro. These terms reflect common wording, regional usage, or how the symbol looks; Unicode’s official name is Japanese castle.
What does 🏯️ mean?
🏯 is officially named Japanese castle. A traditional Japanese fortress representing cultural heritage, architectural artistry, and the historical structures that embody Japanese military and cultural history. Japanese castles symbolize cultural identity, architectural achievement, and historical preservation.
Use it for literal references to Japanese castle and for cultural heritage, Japanese architecture, historical buildings, cultural identity, architectural artistry. The tiered Japanese architecture distinguishes it from the European-style castle emoji. Related choices include 🏭 Factory and 🏰 Castle.
Other meanings
It can mean cultural heritage, Japanese architecture, historical buildings, cultural identity, architectural artistry. Context determines whether the message is literal, geographic, travel-related, cultural, historical, or symbolic.
Example Usage
Visiting the historic Japanese castle and gardens 🏯
The place or travel note mentions Japanese castle 🏯
More details
Officially named Japanese castle. Its code point is U+1F3EF. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.
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Visual description
A multi-tiered Japanese castle with distinctive curved roofs and traditional architectural elements.
The tiered Japanese architecture distinguishes it from the European-style castle emoji. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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