The church emoji brings classic steeple energy: think weddings, Sunday mornings, and the occasional dramatic I need to repent after that weekend text. People use it sincerely for faith, holidays like Christmas or Easter, and community events, but it also shows up as an amen or preach reaction when someone drops a truth bomb. It pairs perfectly with the ring emoji to hint at save the date news, or gets tossed into group chats as a low-key location marker for ceremonies and memorials. In meme-land, it can be comedic penance after a chaotic tweet, or a wholesome counterpoint to the chaos of the timeline.
On Apple devices, it pops as a white church with a red roof, a tall bell tower topped by a cross, and a front arched stained-glass window that glows golden-yellow, shown at a gentle three-quarter angle. There’s a brown door and a tidy splash of green at the base, making it instantly recognizable and kind of postcard-cute. The silhouette screams steeple first, which reads as calm, reverent, or ironically dramatic depending on your vibe. It even sneaks into gothic aesthetics and spooky storytelling when you want midnight-organ-music mood without going full haunted house.
Definition
God Bless!
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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.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1610 of 2393
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LG Emoji Picture
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:church:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode Range
2600–26FF
Unicode Subcategory
Map Symbols from ARIB STD B24
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Building and Map Symbols
Names & Annotations
CHURCH = ARIB-9114
Symbol Information
⛪ U+26EA unified (Unicode 5.2)
Proposal Identifier
e-4BB
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[教会]
KDDI
#340 チャペル 「chiyaperu」 U+E5BB SJIS-F7EB JIS-786D
Softbank
#335 #old55 教会 U+E037 SJIS-F977
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 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)
26ea
Formal Unicode Notation
U+26EA
Decimal Code Point(s)
9962
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9B 0xAA
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9B AA
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 233 252
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x26EA
UTF-16 Hex
26ea
UTF-16 Dec
9962
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000026EA
UTF-32 Hex
26EA
UTF-32 Dec
9962
Python Src
u"\u26EA"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9b\xaa"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u26EA"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⛪️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⛪️
Decimal HTML Entity
⛪ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⛪ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
26ea, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+26EA, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9962, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9B 0xAA, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9B AA, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 233 252, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x26EA, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
26ea, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9962, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000026EA 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
26EA, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9962, 65039
Python Src
u"\u26EA\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9b\xaa\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u26EA\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
