🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” Button

Unicode lists 🈺 Japanese “Open for Business” Button among the letter and number symbols in the Symbols group. It usually appears in messages about business, button, ideograph and japanese. Unicode also files it under open, which shows how widely it is read.

🈺 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+1F23A.

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

Easy to mix up with 🈵 Japanese “No Vacancy” 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.