Church emoji ⛪
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+26EA
What ⛪ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Church ⛪ is tagged with these keywords: bless, chapel, Christian, cross, religion.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing bless or chapel in the emoji search brings up ⛪.
Church ⛪ is one of 6 emoji in the places of worship subgroup of travel & places (221 emoji), next to 🕌 🛕 🕍 ⛩️.
Will ⛪ show on my friend's phone?
⛪ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ⛪
Any emoji picker finds ⛪ when you search for church.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type church.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type church in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type church.
Codes for developers
Church ⛪ is a single code point, U+26EA. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 1.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+26EA | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⛪ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⛪ | |
| CSS | content: "\26EA"; | |
| JavaScript | \u26EA | |
| URL | %E2%9B%AA | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9B AA |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⛪ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the church emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⛪ "church" and links it with bless, chapel, Christian, cross. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the places of worship subgroup of travel & places.
When was the church emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the church emoji?
Any emoji picker finds ⛪ when you search for church.