Japanese “Passing Grade” Button

Unicode lists 🈴 Japanese “Passing Grade” Button among the letter and number symbols in the Symbols group. Typical contexts are button, grade, ideograph and japanese. The keyword list continues with passing.

🈴 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Symbols and Signs. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+1F234.

• 🈴 works as a one-character reply when button is the subject.
• Fits messages about button, grade, ideograph and japanese.
• Often seen near 🉑 Japanese “Acceptable” Button, 🈳 Japanese “Vacancy” Button and 🈸 Japanese “Application” Button.

Easy to mix up with 🉑 Japanese “Acceptable” Button, 🈳 Japanese “Vacancy” Button or 🈸 Japanese “Application” Button. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.