Emoji 0.6
Japanese “here” button
Also known as Japanese, button, here, katakana
The Japanese “here” button emoji shows the katakana characters ココ (koko), meaning “here,” inside a colored square.
Meaning
This emoji represents the Japanese word “koko” (ココ), meaning “here,” written in katakana within a button-style square. It is used to indicate a location, point something out, or mark that something is available at this spot. It is most common in Japanese contexts but also appears decoratively in posts about places or directions.
Unicode name
The official Unicode meaning is the Japanese “here” button, a squared katakana symbol representing the word “koko,” meaning “here.”
Platform designs
Apple
In Apple design, the emoji appears as white katakana characters ココ centered on a blue rounded square.
Google
In Google Noto design, the emoji shows white katakana characters ココ on a flat blue square with slightly rounded corners.
Twitter
In Twitter Twemoji design, the emoji displays white katakana characters ココ on a blue rounded square button.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does 🈁 Japanese “here” button belong to?
🈁 Japanese “here” button belongs to the symbols category, which contains 224 emojis.
Which Unicode version added 🈁 Japanese “here” button?
🈁 Japanese “here” button was added in Emoji 0.6. Its codepoint is U+1F201, made up of 1 code points.
