What does 🏣 Japanese Post Office mean?
A post office building marked with the Japanese postal symbol 〒, which looks like a letter T with an extra bar on top. It originally stood for post offices in Japan, and people there still use it for mailing parcels and picking up packages. Elsewhere it often doubles as a generic post office, though 🏤 is the more internationally familiar version.
🏣 Japanese Post Office is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (buildings), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
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🏣 Japanese Post Office on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Japanese Post Office looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Japanese Post Office 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 :post_office:.
When was the Japanese Post Office emoji added?
🏣 Japanese Post Office 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 Post Office. The underlying code (U+1F3E3) 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.