🈵 Japanese “No Vacancy” Button

Unicode lists 🈵 Japanese “No Vacancy” Button among the letter and number symbols in the Symbols group. It usually appears in messages about button, ideograph, japanese and no. Further official keywords are vacancy.

🈵 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Symbols and Signs. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.6 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F235.

• 🈵 on its own already flags the topic: button.
• Fits messages about button, ideograph, japanese and no.
• Often seen near 🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” Button, ㊙️ Japanese “Secret” Button and ㊗️ Japanese “Congratulations” Button.

Easy to mix up with 🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” Button, ㊙️ Japanese “Secret” Button or ㊗️ Japanese “Congratulations” Button. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.