Button emoji 🈲

Copy and paste the button emoji 🈲

This page is a simple button emoji copy and paste reference for the Japanese “prohibited” button 🈲. The square button contains the kanji 禁, which means “prohibited” or “forbidden”. It belongs to a group of square emoji that display letters, numbers, or Japanese ideographs, and it can be pasted into any app that accepts emoji.

To use it, select the character below with your cursor. On a desktop computer, press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac), then paste with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V). On a phone or tablet, long-press the emoji and choose Copy from the menu that appears.

What the Japanese “prohibited” button means

The 🈲 emoji is a square button containing the Japanese kanji 禁, which means “prohibited” or “forbidden”. It is used to indicate that something is not allowed, off-limits, or restricted.

The character 禁 can stand alone to express a prohibition or combine with other characters. You will see it on signs for 禁煙 (no smoking) and 立入禁止 (no entry), where it signals a rule that must be followed.

As an emoji, 🈲 carries the same sense of a firm “no”. Compared with the universal 🚫 prohibition sign, the square button is more direct about the restriction because the kanji spells out the word. It is also visually similar to other Japanese button emojis such as 🔠 and 🔢, though those show Latin letters or numbers rather than a Japanese character.

Compare Japanese “prohibited” button with similar emoji

Emoji	Name	Notes
	Japanese “prohibited” buttonU+1F232	Signals something is forbidden or restricted.
	input latin uppercaseU+1F520	Indicates uppercase letter input.
	input numbersU+1F522	Indicates numeric input.
	A button (blood type)U+1F170 U+FE0F	Shows the letter A in a square.
	informationU+2139 U+FE0F	Provides details or help.
	FREE buttonU+1F193	Indicates something is free of charge.

How people use the 🈲 emoji

In chats and social media, the prohibited button emoji is a compact way to say “not allowed”. Here are some common scenarios:

• Marking content as 18+ or age-restricted.
• Indicating that a topic or behaviour is banned in a group.
• Jokingly saying something is forbidden, like “No snacks after 10pm 🈲”.
• Responding to a suggestion you want to reject firmly.

You can also use 🈲 to playfully reject an idea, such as “Coffee after 6pm 🈲 I need sleep.” The symbol works well in rules lists, pinned messages, and community guidelines.

Related Chinese character and button emojis

The 🈲 emoji belongs to a set of symbols that display letters, numbers, or ideographs in a square. Other similar buttons include:

The characters used in these buttons are kanji, the Japanese adoption of Chinese characters, which is why some people refer to them as Chinese character emojis. If you need to input text or indicate a specific function, these may be useful:

• 🔠 input Latin uppercase — for typing capital letters.
• 🔢 input numbers — for numeric keypads.
• 🅰️ A button (blood type) — shows the letter A in a square.
• ℹ️ information — provides details or help.
• 🆓 FREE button — indicates something is free of charge.

For other Japanese buttons with ideographs, see the Japanese “here” button emoji. You might also find the prohibited emoji and no one under eighteen emoji relevant for expressing restrictions.

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