🈯

Japanese “reserved” Button Emoji 🈯

Printed on a reserved Japanese train seat, this squared kanji (shi, 'to designate') tells you the spot is already spoken for. It carries over as a general marker for anything set aside or held until the person it's reserved for shows up.

What 🈯 means

A white kanji character read as 'yubi' in Japanese and 'zhi' in Chinese, printed on a green square that has rounded sides and corners.

The 🈯 Japanese 'Reserved' Button emoji signifies reservation, as the name directs; reservation for a place, spot, allocation, etc. However, the letter used here suggests a 'finger' or a 'point' or the act of pointing fingers.

How and when to use it

Firstly, speaking of the name of 🈯 - if you're sharing a post/repost about making a reservation, texting someone about saving a spot for you (or vice versa), or even typing a caption about reserving, you can use this emoji.
Some instances for the previous point - "Hey, people! Remember! You need a reservation to attend the event 🈯", "Listen. I made a reservation for you 🈯" or "Reserve your energy for what's worth 🈯"
You could also use 🈯 in the context of 'pointing' or pointing a finger at someone or something. This works even in a directional framework, and not just the one that teaches you about blame.
Few examples for the third use-case are - "Don't point fingers. We're all in here, together, just as confused 🈯" or "I think the way to go is the way your heart leads 🈯".

Other Names

🈯 Point/Finger
🈯 Reservation/Reserve
🈯 Pointing Finger
🈯 Finger Point
🈯 Toe
🈯 Direction
🈯 Japanese Sign Meaning 'Reserved'
🈯 Squared CJK Unified Ideograph - 6307

The lowdown

Category: Symbols › alphanum
Codepoints: U+1F22F
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :u6307:
Keywords: button, ideograph, Japanese, reserved

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.