Japanese “congratulations” Button Emoji ㊗️

What ㊗️ means

A kanji character, read as 'i-wai' in Japanese and zhù in Chinese, printed and bolded in white on a red circle. The ㊗️ Japanese 'Congratulations' Button emoji signifies celebration, congratulations, appreciation, and acknowledgment.

How and when to use it

• In Chinese, ㊗️ (zhù) translates to a 'wish'. If you wish to use the aspects of hope, prayer, well-wishing and greeting in any context with this perspective in the background, bring in the ㊗️.
• Some instances for the previous point - "Happy birthday! May you have the most blessed year ahead ㊗️" or "Oh! How I wish I was there! ㊗️ I'm sure the show was fantastic".
• And from the Japanese POV, ㊗️ means 'celebration'. Be it a 'metaphorical celebration', a direct reference to a festive post, repost or text message, or the act of celebrating victories, ㊗️ is helpful.
• A few examples for the third use-case are - "Happy holidays! ㊗️", "Here are some of the best festive celebrations from across the world ㊗️", or "OMGGGG! That's amazing! We SO need to drink to this ㊗️".

Other Names

• ㊗️ Celebration
• ㊗️ I-Wai (Japanese)
• ㊗️ Wish
• ㊗️ Zhù (Chinese)
• ㊗️ Japanese Sign Meaning 'Congratulations'
• ㊗️ Congrats!
• ㊗️ Circled Ideograph Congratulation
• ㊗️ 祝 in White on Red Circle

The lowdown

Category

Symbols › alphanum

Codepoints

U+3297 U+FE0F

Emoji version

Emoji 0.6

Shortcodes

:congratulations: GitHub

Keywords

button, congratulations, ideograph, Japanese

How it looks across platforms

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