🈸

Japanese “application” Button Emoji 🈸

Shin, the kanji that opens moshikomu, 'to apply,' marks the spot on a Japanese form, loan request, or event kiosk where an application actually gets submitted. It reads now as shorthand for putting your name down for something, official paperwork or not.

What 🈸 means

A Japanese and Chinese character read as 'Saru' in the former and 'Shēn' in the latter, designed in white on a glossy orange square with rounded sides.

The 🈸 Japanese 'Application' Button emoji signifies the act of applying for something on the Chinese side of the continuum and a monkey on the Japanese side of it. Based on context, this emoji works best for both dialects.

How and when to use it

Although 🈸 suggests a monkey in Japanese, the name indicates otherwise. Nonetheless, while referring to the 'monkey' as a zodiac animal, a spirit animal, or just the animal without any preconception attached, you may use 🈸.
If you're sharing a post or repost about applying for something; jobs, education, government procedures, anything, you could bring in the 🈸. This works just fine if the framework is your post caption/text message.
A few examples supporting the previous point - "Hello folks! Make sure you apply before tonight! 🈸" or "You have an ambitious path of self-discovery. All you need to do is apply yourself to it 🈸".
In the same context of an 'application' but a different way conveying the same, 🈸 works for the English word 'request' too. Like, "Did you get my FB 🈸?" or "I requested for a replacement last weekend 🈸".

Other Names

🈸 Apply/Apply For
🈸 Application
🈸 Application Form
🈸 Monkey
🈸 Request
🈸 Saru (Japanese)
🈸 Shēn (Chinese)
🈸 Japanese Sign Meaning 'Application'
🈸 申
🈸 申 in White on an Orange Square
🈸 Squared CJK Ideograph - 7533

The lowdown

Category: Symbols › alphanum
Codepoints: U+1F238
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :u7533:
Keywords: application, button, ideograph, Japanese

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.