What does 🈚 Japanese “Free of Charge” Button mean?
A button with the kanji 無 (mu), meaning “nothing” or “none”, used to signal free of charge. The same character also appears in words meaning “without”. People use it for free services, giveaways and no-fee offers. It pairs with 🈶 as its opposite, so it is a handy way to say “no charge” in a stylised way.
🈚 Japanese “Free of Charge” Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (letters & word buttons), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
🈚 Japanese “Free of Charge” Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Japanese “Free of Charge” Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Japanese “Free of Charge” Button emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🈚 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :u7121:.
When was the Japanese “Free of Charge” Button emoji added?
🈚 Japanese “Free of Charge” Button was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🈚 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Japanese “Free of Charge” Button. The underlying code (U+1F21A) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.