🕋 Kaaba

The 🕋 Kaaba emoji belongs to the places of worship, filed by Unicode under Travel & Places. It usually appears in messages about hajj, islam, muslim and religion. The keyword list continues with umrah.

You can drop 🕋 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Buildings and Landmarks. It joined the standard with Emoji 1.0 in 2015, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F54B.

• 🕋 works as a one-character reply when hajj is the subject.
• Fits messages about hajj, islam, muslim and religion.
• Often seen near ⛩️ Shinto Shrine, 🕍 Synagogue and 🛕 Hindu Temple.

The Kaaba in Mecca is Islam’s central point of reference: Muslims worldwide orient their prayer towards it, and it is the destination of the hajj, the pilgrimage that counts among the five pillars.

The black cloth, the kiswa, is renewed annually and embroidered in gold. The emoji is therefore used mainly in religious contexts, especially during pilgrimage season and Ramadan.

• 🕋⛩️ – Kaaba and Shinto Shrine
• 🕋🕍 – Kaaba with Synagogue
• 🕋⛪️ – Kaaba plus Church
• 🕋🕌 – Kaaba and Mosque
• 🕋🛕 – Kaaba with Hindu Temple

Easy to mix up with ⛩️ Shinto Shrine, 🕍 Synagogue or 🛕 Hindu Temple. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.