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Japanese “passing grade” button

Japanese “Passing Grade” Button

🈴 is the Japanese pass button — it means “passed,” short for 合格 (gokaku). You send it after an exam, qualification, or approval to say made the cut. If your reader doesn’t read kanji, it lands as a red stamp they can’t decode.

EmojiSince 2010
Search it as
gokaku · pass button · passing grade · 合格
Type it as
:u5408:
Around since
2010 · Emoji 0.6
Shows up on
Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux

What 🈴 means

🈴 is the Japanese “passing grade” button emoji, filed under Symbols in the alphanum subgroup of the Unicode emoji index.

It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010) and the underlying characters entered Unicode in version 6.0 (2010).

How it is encoded

🈴 is a single code point, U+1F234.

It is RGI (recommended for general interchange), so every major platform ships artwork for it.

Warm but narrow congratulations: celebratory for a real pass, blank for anyone who doesn’t read the kanji.

Never send it for failure, rejection, or a so-so result.

Don't confuse it with

2
🈵
Japanese “No Vacancy” Button
Means no vacancy or full, not passed — same red-button family, different kanji.
㊗️
Japanese “Congratulations” Button
Means congratulations in general, not you passed a test.

Worth knowing

  • 🈴 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.

Questions people ask

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Someone sent me 🈴 — did I pass?

Yes, almost certainly. Read it as passed, approved, or made the cut after a test or application.

Can I send 🈴 for good luck?

No. Send it after the win, not before. Before results, it reads as premature.

How to type 🈴

Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “Japanese “passing grade” button”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “Japanese “passing grade” button”.
Chat apps
:u5408:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.
HTML
🈴
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🈴
HTML hex
🈴
CSS content
content: "\1F234";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%88%B4
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.

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