U+1F3EF "🏯" Japanese Castle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🏯
U+1F3EF "🏯" Japanese Castle is an emoji depicting a traditional three tiered castle or palace with sweeping, curved roofs and often a gate at the base, modeled after historic Japanese fortresses like Himeji Castle. It is commonly used in digital communication to represent Japanese architecture, history, culture, or tourism, and can symbolize strength, heritage, or a visit to Japan. As part of the Unicode emoji set since 2010, it falls under the "Travel and Places" category, specifically within the "Building" subgroup. The design varies slightly across platforms but consistently evokes the iconic silhouette of a Japanese donjon, making it a recognizable and culturally rich symbol in text and social media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F3EF |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Japanese Castle |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🏯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🏯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDFEF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F3EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udfef |