U+1F6AE "🚮" Put Litter in Its Place Symbol Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F6AE "🚮" Put Litter in Its Place Symbol is a pictographic icon that depicts a person disposing of a piece of trash into a bin, commonly used in digital communication and signage to represent the act of throwing away litter or to indicate a designated location for waste disposal. Originally introduced as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and later added to the Emoji 1.0 standard, this symbol serves as a visual reminder for environmental cleanliness and civic responsibility, often appearing in public spaces, apps, and messaging to encourage proper waste management. Its design typically shows a human figure in a dynamic pose, emphasizing the active, correct placement of litter into a receptacle, thus reinforcing the social norm of keeping shared spaces tidy.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F6AE
Version Added 6.0
Name Put Litter in Its Place Symbol
Block Transport and Map Symbols
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 0x9A 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83D 0xDEAE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F6AE
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83d\udeae

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes