The bank emoji shows a classic money temple: a formal, stone-front building that screams savings, mortgages, and “please take a number.” It’s the go-to when you’re talking payday, direct deposits finally hitting, closing a deal, or moving funds like a finance main character. People also use it ironically—pair it with a crying face when rent clears, or with money-bag and winged-cash emojis to brag about a bonus, crypto moon, or that sweet tax refund. It pops up in memes about the “Bank of Mom & Dad,” heist jokes (hello, Money Heist and Ocean’s Eleven energy), and Bernie’s “I am once again asking” fundraising references.
On Apple/iOS, it appears as a front-facing neoclassical facade: tidy columns, a triangular pediment, pale stone coloring, and a clean, symmetrical look with a prominent BANK sign vibe. The perspective is dead-on, the shading is subtle, and the overall style feels official—like somewhere that would absolutely charge you an overdraft fee for blinking. It’s handy for finance TikToks, budgeting threads, fintech app updates, and those “secured the bag” moments. Toss it into captions about interest rates, loan approvals, ATM runs, or any time you want your text to feel fiscally responsible… or at least fiscally dramatic.
Definition
Go and get your money! This is or I am a Bank. In Japan the alternate meaning can be that you are evading your responsibilities. For example, skipping work.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1740 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:bank:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Blue Bank Building
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Building and Map Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Building and Map Symbols
Names & Annotations
BANK Temporary Notes: may contain "BK" or "Bank" letters; related to ⛻ U+26FB = ARIB-9144
Symbol Information
U+1F3E6 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-4B5
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#42 'Bank' 銀行 U+E667 SJIS-F8C8 JIS-7563
KDDI
#212 銀行 U+E4AA SJIS-F683 JIS-7563
Softbank
#326 #old167 銀行 U+E14D SJIS-F78E
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e14d
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E14D
Decimal Code Point(s)
57677
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x85 0x8D
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 85 8D
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 205 215
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE14D
UTF-16 Hex
e14d
UTF-16 Dec
57677
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E14D
UTF-32 Hex
E14D
UTF-32 Dec
57677
Python Src
u"\uE14D"
PHP Src
"\xee\x85\x8d"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE14D"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🏦
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🏦
Decimal HTML Entity
🏦
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🏦
Hex Code Point(s)
1f3e6
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F3E6
Decimal Code Point(s)
127974
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xA6
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8F A6
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 217 246
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDFE6
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdfe6
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57318
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F3E6
UTF-32 Hex
01F3E6
UTF-32 Dec
127974
Python Src
u"\U0001F3E6"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8f\xa6"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDFE6"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
