What ๐ก means
A detached house with greenery: the picture of a settled, cosy home.
The design is a single family house with a tree, bushes or a patch of grass next to it. As of 2026 most platforms keep that idea, though the roof colour, the fence and the path differ from one phone to another, so don't read anything into those details. What stays constant is the feeling: a house that someone lives in and looks after, with a bit of outdoor space.
That feeling is the job of the emoji. ๐ก stands for home in the emotional sense: where you go back to, where your family is, where you'd rather be on a rainy evening. It appears in moving announcements, housewarming invitations, captions about staying in, and messages about missing home or finally getting there. It also shows up next to property listings, because a house with a garden is exactly what many of those listings are selling.
What does ๐ก mean when someone sends it?
Usually "home": being there, going there, or having a new one.
Sent on its own after a trip or a long day, it means "made it home" or "staying in tonight". With a date, boxes or keys, it is news: someone is moving, has just moved, or has got the keys. With a heart it says they love their place, or that being with you feels like home. In a family chat it often marks plans at the house itself: dinner at ours, everyone back for the holidays.
It rarely means anything sharp. The one reading to notice is in a relationship: ๐ก beside a ring, a baby or "someday" talks about settling down together, which is a bigger statement than a photo of a doorstep.
๐ก or : which one should I use?
is the house; ๐ก is the home.
Both show a house, and in casual messages they are interchangeable. The difference is tone. is neutral and practical: an address, "I'm home", a building. ๐ก adds the garden and with it warmth and permanence, so it fits "home sweet home", a dream house, a family place or a move you are happy about. If you live in a flat and want to say you're home, either works; nobody expects the emoji to match your floor plan.
Warm, domestic and safe for any chat: more slippers by the door than architect's plans.
Next to a ring or baby emoji it reads as a settling-down statement, so don't drop it into flirting casually.
Part of collections
What it means when someone sends it to you
5 readingsA move: new keys, moving day or just moved in. Congratulations are expected.
Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
5Worth knowing
- ๐ก came into Unicode from the emoji set of KDDI, a Japanese mobile carrier. Unicode encoded the carriers' pictures so a message sent from one Japanese network would show the same emoji on another.
- The Japanese carrier sets already had both a plain house and a house with a garden, which is why today's emoji keyboards offer two nearly identical houses.
Questions people ask
4Does ๐ก mean the sender owns a house with a garden?
No. It means home or a happy domestic moment. People in flats, shared houses and rented rooms use it freely; the garden is part of the picture, not a property claim.
What's the difference between ๐ก and ?
Only the garden and the tone. is a neutral house or address; ๐ก feels warmer and more settled, so it suits home-sweet-home messages, moves and family plans. In most chats either is fine.
Is there an apartment emoji?
Not a dedicated one. For a flat, people use or ๐ก for home, for the building, or for the block or neighbourhood.
What does ๐ก mean from someone I'm dating?
It can be as simple as "I'm home now". Paired with a ring, a baby or talk about the future, it is about building a home together, so read the words around it.
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๐Congratulations Emoji
๐ชFamily Emoji
๐Welcome Emoji
๐Anniversary Emoji
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๐Couple Emoji
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๐ฆThanksgiving Emoji
๐ชDiwali Emoji
๐Fall & Autumn Emoji
๐ถDog Emoji
๐ฎFarm Emoji
๐พPet Emoji
๐ณTree Emoji
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๐Location & Map Emoji
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๐ธInstagram Symbols
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๐ฅSwabian Alphabet & LettersHow to type or find ๐ก
- Also called
- home emoji ยท house with tree emoji ยท house with yard emoji
- Search it as
- house with yard ยท house with tree ยท new home ยท moving house ยท home sweet home ยท homebody ยท cottage emoji ยท family home
- Type it as
- :house_with_garden:
- Around since
- 2010 ยท Emoji 0.6
- Shows up on
- Every phone ยท iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux
:house_with_garden:Common shortcode in Slack, GitHub, Discord, Mattermost and other chat apps; a few apps use a different name.🏡Codes and encoding1 code points
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