What does 🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” Button mean?
A button with the kanji 営 (ei), from the Japanese phrase meaning “open for business”, the kind of word you see on signs outside shops and restaurants. As an emoji it announces that a store, café or service is open, or that someone is available and taking orders. Small businesses use it in opening-hours posts, and freelancers to say they are taking new clients.
🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (letters & word buttons), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Japanese “Open for Business” Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Japanese “Open for Business” 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 :u55b6:.
When was the Japanese “Open for Business” Button emoji added?
🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” 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 “Open for Business” Button. The underlying code (U+1F23A) 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.