The ship emoji sails between two worlds: literal ocean travel and the chaotic seas of fandom. Drop it in vacation plans to announce you’re chasing sunsets and buffet lines, or use it as internet slang for romance—“I ship them” becomes extra dramatic with a well-timed 🚢 + hearts combo. It’s also perfect for “that ship has sailed” moments, when opportunities ghost you faster than Wi‑Fi in the middle of the Atlantic. And yes, it cameoed in memes about the Suez Canal saga, symbolizing colossal problems that a tiny shovel (or your Monday energy) can’t fix.
On Apple/iOS, this is a front-facing, white ocean liner with blue-tinted windows, a clean red stripe near the waterline, and a dark funnel, all perched on stylized blue waves—crisp, glossy, and a bit 3D, like a postcard about to slide into your DMs. People recognize it instantly by the head-on bow cutting through the water, which reads “big cruise energy” rather than “tiny sailboat vibes.” Online, it’s used flirtatiously to announce new couples, sarcastically when the drama finally leaves the dock, and nostalgically for Titanic jokes (cue the violin). Pair it with anchors, waves, or a heart to go romantic; add a skull or iceberg energy for dark humor; or just post it when you’re on a boat channeling 2009 Lonely Island confidence.
Definition
The side of a ship. Ships are much bigger than boats and must be big enough to carry a boat (think lifeboats on a Cruise Ship). The Titanic was a ship and was deemed "unsinkable" before it sank on its first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. It hit an iceberg and people were forced into a freezing ocean. The Titanic did not have enough lifeboats for everyone on the ship.
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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)
1403 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:ship:
Keywords
Ferry, Ship, Boat
Previous Names:
Cruise Ship
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Editorial Comment
A rather nice looking Cruise Liner vessel with two funnels.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Names & Annotations
SHIP x (ferry - 26F4)
Symbol Information
U+1F6A2 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7E8
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#36 'Ship' 船 U+E661 SJIS-F8C2 JIS-7936
KDDI
#379 船 U+EA82 SJIS-F355 JIS-7936
Softbank
#210 #old182 船 U+E202 SJIS-F7A2
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f6a2
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F6A2
Decimal Code Point(s)
128674
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xA2
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A A2
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 242
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDEA2
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddea2
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56994
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F6A2
UTF-32 Hex
01F6A2
UTF-32 Dec
128674
Python Src
u"\U0001F6A2"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\xa2"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDEA2"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
