U+1F530 "🔰" Japanese Symbol for Beginner Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1F530 "🔰" Japanese Symbol for Beginner is a pictographic representation of a yellow and green shield, known in Japan as the "shoshinsha mark." It is a mandatory emblem displayed by new drivers in Japan for one year after obtaining a license, serving as a visual warning to other drivers that the operator is inexperienced and may require extra caution. Beyond its literal driving context, the symbol has been widely adopted in digital communication and pop culture to denote newcomers, novices, or the start of a learning phase in various activities and communities.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1F530
Name
Japanese Symbol for Beginner
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
🔰
HTML Hex Encoding
🔰
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83D 0xDD30
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F530
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83d\udd30
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common