The department store emoji is the digital mall anchor: a big, polished storefront that screams “we’ve got everything from perfume to pressure cookers.” On Apple/iOS it looks like a tidy, multi-story facade with a central entrance, big glassy blue windows, and colorful awning vibes—symmetrical, bright, and unmistakably retail-core. Think glossy display windows you’d press your face against during the holidays, with a rooftop sign that reads more like “SALE season is eternal” than actual words. It feels like a mini postcard from downtown shopping districts and iconic flagships.
Online, people drop this emoji when they’re going on a shopping spree, doing gift runs, or ironically announcing, “brb, stimulating the economy.” It pairs perfectly with money-with-wings, credit card, receipt, and fire emojis for that Black Friday “pray for my bank account” energy. It can be bougie (Harrods/Galeries Lafayette vibes), nostalgic (mall-walking with an Auntie Anne’s pretzel), or chaotic (returns line on January 2, send help). Expect it in posts about holiday window displays, Macy’s parade chatter, payday flexes, or when someone says “treat yourself” and suddenly owns six throw pillows in the same beige.
Definition
A retail store where people go to purchase goods and items, such as clothes, electronics, furniture, and toys. Department stores are generally considered to be large stores. The name "department store" alone implies the store is large enough to many different areas (departments) dedicated to selling one particular type of product. Some of the larger department stores are Macy's, Sears, Shinsegae, Harrods, Bloomingdale's, The Bon-Ton, Dillard's, Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, and Saks.
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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)
1778 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
:department_store:
Keywords
Department, Store, Retail, Sale, Merchandise
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Building and Map Symbols
Editorial Comment
I've been meaning to get some new uggs!
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Building and Map Symbols
Names & Annotations
DEPARTMENT STORE
Symbol Information
U+1F3EC proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-4BD
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[デパート]
KDDI
#495 デパート 「depaato」 U+EAF6 SJIS-F3CA JIS-7A4C
Softbank
#333 #old427 デパート 「depaato」 U+E504 SJIS-FBA4
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)
e504
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E504
Decimal Code Point(s)
58628
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x94 0x84
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 94 84
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 224 204
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE504
UTF-16 Hex
e504
UTF-16 Dec
58628
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E504
UTF-32 Hex
E504
UTF-32 Dec
58628
Python Src
u"\uE504"
PHP Src
"\xee\x94\x84"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE504"
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)
1f3ec
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F3EC
Decimal Code Point(s)
127980
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xAC
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8F AC
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 217 254
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDFEC
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdfec
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57324
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F3EC
UTF-32 Hex
01F3EC
UTF-32 Dec
127980
Python Src
u"\U0001F3EC"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8f\xac"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDFEC"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
