A big red beacon for deal hunters, this emoji shows the Japanese kanji 得 (toku), meaning advantage or value—basically, “you’re getting a steal.” On Apple/iOS it’s a bright red rounded square with a crisp white 得 centered in thick strokes, the kind of sticker you’d spot on a flashy department-store flyer or a 100‑yen sale sign. It radiates clearance-rack energy: bold, simple, and impossible to miss. Culturally, it mirrors the signage you’ll see in Japanese shops tagging limited-time offers and special values.
Online, people drop it when flexing a discount code, announcing a price drop, or posting hauls that scream “absolute steal.” It’s meme‑friendly: used earnestly for coupons and Black Friday chaos, or sarcastically when something wildly overpriced gets marketed as a “bargain.” In gaming and trading chats it can mean “advantage secured” or a big W after a clutch trade. You’ll see it on #DealTok, resell threads, and thrift flips, often paired with fire, money bag, or tag emojis for maximum savings drama. Bonus vibe: it doubles as a stylish J‑streetwear/anime aesthetic stamp when you want your post to look like a Tokyo sale poster.
Definition
Japanese Advantage Sign. Good Bargain; Special Tax Break On Public Bonds. Kanji Text.
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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)
1012 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
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Phantom Open Emoji Picture
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:ideograph_advantage:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Circled Ideograph Advantage Japanese "Bargain" Button
Advantage Ideograph
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Enclosed Ideographic Supplement
Unicode Range
1F200–1F2FF
Unicode Subcategory
Circled Ideographs
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Circled Ideographs
Names & Annotations
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH ADVANTAGE = advantage sign # <circle> 5F97 Temporary Notes: 得: IDEOGRAPH ADVANTAGE; good bargain; special tax break on public bonds
Symbol Information
U+1F250 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B3D
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[得]
KDDI
#285 マル得 「maru得」 U+E4F7 SJIS-F6D0 JIS-7652
Softbank
#444 #old218 得(お得) 「得(o得)」 U+E226 SJIS-F7C6
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)
e226
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E226
Decimal Code Point(s)
57894
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x88 0xA6
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 88 A6
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 210 246
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE226
UTF-16 Hex
e226
UTF-16 Dec
57894
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E226
UTF-32 Hex
E226
UTF-32 Dec
57894
Python Src
u"\uE226"
PHP Src
"\xee\x88\xa6"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE226"
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)
1f250
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F250
Decimal Code Point(s)
127568
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x89 0x90
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 89 90
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 211 220
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDE50
UTF-16 Hex
d83cde50
UTF-16 Dec
55356 56912
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F250
UTF-32 Hex
01F250
UTF-32 Dec
127568
Python Src
u"\U0001F250"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x89\x90"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDE50"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
