Graduation Cap
Birrete
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A traditional hat worn by students graduating from a school, college, or university. A mark of completion. Also called a mortarboard cap or square academic cap. A cap with a square board attached to the top. A tassel is attached to the top of the cap. The tassel can be different colors to symbolize the focused study of the student or accomplishments (honors). The tassel may also match the school colors. This emoji is used most frequently in the months of May and June, when most schools hold their graduation ceremonies.
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) |
164 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |
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| Google Android Picture |
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| Google Hangouts Picture |
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| Twitter.com Picture |
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| LG Emoji Picture |
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| Samsung Emoji Picture |
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| Phantom Open Emoji Picture |
Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion |
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| "Short Code" Name |
:mortar_board: |
| Keywords |
Graduation, Cap, Mortarboard, Academic, Education, Ceremony, Square, Tassel |
Unicode Category Information
| Unicode Category |
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range |
1F300β1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory |
Celebration Symbols |
Editorial Comment
A graduation mortarboard. Very classy. The icon was updated in iOS 5 from a shirt. Neat icon. Right on Apple! Previously: Graduation Ceremony iEmoji old name: Formal Black Foreign Shirt. Black shirt with gold buttons down the front. Traditional Clothing.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
| Unicode Category |
Artifacts |
| Unicode Subcategory |
Celebration Symbols |
| Names & Annotations |
GRADUATION CAP * graduation ceremony |
| Symbol Information |
U+1F393 proposed |
| Proposal Identifier |
e-51A |
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
| DoCoMo |
[εζ₯εΌ] |
| KDDI |
Β #478 εζ₯εΌ U+EAE5 SJIS-F3B9 JIS-7A3B |
| Softbank |
Β #311 #old404 εζ₯εΌ U+E439 SJIS-FB79 |
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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