What does 🈂️ Japanese “Service Charge” Button mean?
A button with the katakana サ (sa), short for “service”, indicating a service charge. In Japan it can show that a fee is added to a bill, for example at restaurants or hotels. In chats it flags extra costs or tips included in the price. Because the character looks like a simple graphic, many people outside Japan use it purely decoratively.
🈂️ Japanese “Service Charge” Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (letters & word buttons), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
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🈂️ Japanese “Service Charge” Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Japanese “Service Charge” Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Japanese “Service 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 :sa:.
When was the Japanese “Service Charge” Button emoji added?
🈂️ Japanese “Service 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 “Service Charge” Button. The underlying code (U+1F202 U+FE0F) 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.