Go, meaning to match or unite, is half of gokaku, the word for passing an exam, and this squared kanji marks the names that made the cut. Schools and driving test centers post it next to a result; typed loosely it means clearing any bar, a test, an interview, a deadline.
What 🈴 means
An alphabet pronounced as 'Hē' in Chinese and 'Gō' in Japanese printed in white on a red squared background. The 🈴 Japanese 'Passing Grade' Button emoji suggests two meanings; 'to go' or 'to pass' in Japanese and 'to combine' in Chinese.
How and when to use it
- Since the name of the emoji 🈴 symbolizes the 'passing grade' you may use it while indicating the basic or average percentage, mark, or grade for passing to the next class.
- You could also use 🈴 while indicating the action of going. This could work in any context that surrounds the same concept. Like, "Did you get a green signal for this? 🈴", or "I said, GO! goddamnit 🈴".
- Passing a particular grade essentially signifies that one is ready for the challenges of the upcoming grade. So, if you're applying this notion metaphorically, use 🈴. For instance, "You've got to go and grow through every phase 🈴 That's when you'll be worthy of the next".
- However, linguistically 🈴 offers an entirely different interpretation in Chinese; that of 'combine'. For example, "You don't have a really great idea until you combine two little ideas 🈴" or "It's a combination of hard work, dedication, and passion 🈴 Not just passion alone".
Other Names
- 🈴 To Go (Japanese)
- 🈴 To Pass
- 🈴 Passing Grade
- 🈴 Combine (Chinese)
- 🈴 Agreement
- 🈴 Japanese Sign Meaning 'Passing Grade'
- 🈴 Squared CJK Unified Ideograph - 5408
- 🈴 合
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › alphanum
- Codepoints
U+1F234- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:u5408:- Keywords
- button, grade, ideograph, Japanese, passing
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🈴 Japanese “passing Grade” Button or 🧔 Person: Beard?