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㊙️Japanese “Secret” Button Emoji
Unicode added ㊙️ Japanese “secret” button in Unicode 6.0 (2010), filed under Symbols → Alphanumeric Symbols. Its codepoint is U+3299 U+FE0F, and it is tagged button, ideograph and japanese.
What ㊙️ Japanese “secret” button means
Squared letter and word buttons, most of them inherited wholesale from Japanese carrier emoji and never rethought since. 🆒, 🆕, 🆓 and 🆗 still see use as labels, and 🆘 is read as a genuine call for help. 🅰️, 🅱️, 🅾️ and 🆎 are blood-type buttons, a category that matters in Japan, where blood type is discussed the way star signs are elsewhere.
Unicode tags this one button, ideograph and japanese and files it under Symbols → Alphanumeric Symbols.
Copy variants
Japanese “secret” button carries a variation selector (U+FE0F) that forces colour rendering. Drop it and the same character renders as monochrome text.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
How ㊙️ is built
This emoji is more than one codepoint. Each part below is a character in its own right.
- ㊙U+3299Japanese “secret” button
- ·U+FE0FVariation selector (emoji style)
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+3299 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ㊙️ | |
| HTML decimal | ㊙️ | |
| CSS | \3299\FE0F | |
| JavaScript | \u{3299}\u{FE0F} | |
| Python | \U00003299\U0000FE0F | |
| Java / C# | \u3299\uFE0F | |
| Rust | \u{3299}\u{fe0f} | |
| Swift | \u{3299}\u{FE0F} | |
| PHP | \u{3299}\u{FE0F} | |
| URL encoded | %E3%8A%99%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 8A 99 EF B8 8F | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 3299 FE0F | |
| Base64 | 44qZ77iP | |
| Decimal | 12953 65039 | |
| Introduced | Unicode 6.0 (2010) | |
Keywords
Appears in these collections
How to type ㊙️
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “Japanese “secret” button”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “button”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type3299and Enter. - HTML — paste
㊙️.
How ㊙️ renders
The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.
- ㊙️Apple
- ㊙️Segoe
- ㊙️Noto
- ㊙️System
Frequently asked questions
What does the ㊙️ Japanese “secret” button emoji mean?+
㊙️ is the Japanese “secret” button emoji, tagged button, ideograph and japanese. Squared letter and word buttons, most of them inherited wholesale from Japanese carrier emoji and never rethought since. 🆒, 🆕, 🆓 and 🆗 still see use as labels, and 🆘 is read as a genuine call for help. 🅰️, 🅱️, 🅾️ and 🆎 are blood-type buttons, a category that matters in Japan, where blood type is discussed the way star signs are elsewhere.
What is the Unicode code for ㊙️?+
Japanese “secret” button is U+3299 U+FE0F. In HTML that is ㊙️, in CSS \3299\FE0F, and in JavaScript \u{3299}\u{FE0F}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the ㊙️ emoji added?+
Japanese “secret” button got its emoji presentation in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.
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