What 🏬 means
A big store, or plans to go shopping.
Read this store emoji as a place or a plan: “I'm at the mall” or “let's go shopping.” It doesn't point to a particular retailer, so if you're arranging to meet, add the store name or the entrance.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsAfter a place or time
A shopping destination or meeting point.
Next to bags, clothes, or a card
Buying things or spending money, rather than just naming the building.
Don't confuse it with
2Combination ideas
2A shopping trip to the mall or department store.
Spending money at a big store.
Worth knowing
- 🏬 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Why does 🏬 look like a shopping bag?
It did on older Windows versions. That artwork showed a shopping bag instead of a building, so an old screenshot can look different from your phone.
How to type 🏬
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “department store”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “department store”.
Chat apps
:department_store:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
🏬Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🏬
HTML hex
🏬
CSS content
content: "\1F3EC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%8F%AC
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.