The Japanese “acceptable” button is the red, bold little stamp that says, “You may proceed… but don’t get cocky.” It features the kanji 可 (ka), meaning permitted/possible—think passable, allowed, greenlighted-with-conditions. In Japanese grading, 可 historically signals a simple “pass,” so this emoji carries big “it’ll do” energy. Online, people drop it to approve something that’s fine-but-not-fire, the digital equivalent of a shrugging thumbs-up.
It’s a favorite in weeb and anime-adjacent chats, often paired with the Japanese “prohibited” button for dramatic rule lists or vibe checks (acceptable/not acceptable). Expect it in memes that rate snacks, outfits, or hot takes: “可 for effort,” “可 but needs seasoning,” or the sassy “Your apology is 可 at best.” It also works flirtatiously when you’re playing hard to get—“Your playlist? 可 😉.” Sarcastically, it’s perfect when someone asks if their 3 a.m. idea is good and you’re like, “可… I guess.”
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot a bright red rounded square with a crisp white 可 centered like a glossy sticker or stamp; the strokes are thick and confident, no extra symbols, just that clean kanji on a vivid red tile. It pops in chats alongside ✅ as a stylized alternative, but with more personality—less corporate, more arcade-signage-meets-stationery-stamp. If ✅ is “approved,” this one is “approved, but don’t write home about it.”
Definition
An ideograph that means accept. An ideogram (pictogram or ideograph) is a symbol or picture used to communicate a concept or idea.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1029 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
:accept:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Circled Ideograph Accept Japanese "acceptable" Button
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 ACCEPT = accept sign # <circle> 53EF Temporary Notes: Han character 可; accepted, acceptable
Symbol Information
U+1F251 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B50
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[可]
KDDI
#506 アクセプト 「akuseputo」 U+EB01 SJIS-F7D8 JIS-785A
Softbank
[可]
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)
1f251
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F251
Decimal Code Point(s)
127569
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x89 0x91
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 89 91
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 211 221
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDE51
UTF-16 Hex
d83cde51
UTF-16 Dec
55356 56913
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F251
UTF-32 Hex
01F251
UTF-32 Dec
127569
Python Src
u"\U0001F251"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x89\x91"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDE51"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
