The name badge emoji is the internet’s “Hello, my name is ___” sticker—no Sharpie required. Visually, it’s a bright red badge with the white kanji 名 front and center, a character that literally means “name” (and “reputation” in some contexts). People drop it in intros, bios, and group chats for roll call vibes, or to label selfies and art credits like a tidy little tag.
It also does meme duty as a playful callout—pair it with an @mention or 👉 to boldly name names, or as a mock “badge of shame” after a goof. You’ll see it during username reveals, conference/meetup posts, first-day-at-work flexes, and those “tag yourself” threads.
On Apple devices, the emoji appears as a glossy, front-facing, rounded rectangle in vivid cherry red with a crisp white 名 dead center—clean, simple, and instantly eye-catching. That punchy color sometimes reads “warning,” which adds to its dramatic, say-it-with-your-chest energy when you really want a name to stand out. Bonus culture note: the kanji comes from Japanese/Chinese for “name,” so the emoji doubles as a cross-lingual nod to identity, clout, and being known.
Definition
A name badge worn by people to identify themselves, particularly when in a large group of people that do not know each other very well. Work conferences and reunions will often include name badges to make it easier for people to remember each other's names.
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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)
1106 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
:name_badge:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Names & Annotations
NAME BADGE
Symbol Information
U+1F4DB proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-504
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[名札]
KDDI
#145 名札 U+E51D SJIS-F6F6 JIS-7678
Softbank
[名札]
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)
1f4db
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4DB
Decimal Code Point(s)
128219
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0x9B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 9B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 233
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCDB
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcdb
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56539
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4DB
UTF-32 Hex
01F4DB
UTF-32 Dec
128219
Python Src
u"\U0001F4DB"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\x9b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCDB"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
