What does 🆖 NG Button mean?
The letters NG in a button, short for “no good”, a phrase common in Japan. It means wrong, not okay or a fail, and in Japanese entertainment it also refers to bloopers and outtakes. People use it to reject an idea, flag a mistake or label a bad outcome. Its opposite in the button set is 🆗.
🆖 NG Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (letters & word buttons), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
🆖 NG Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how NG Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the NG 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 :ng:.
When was the NG Button emoji added?
🆖 NG 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 NG Button. The underlying code (U+1F196) 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.