๐Ÿ†–

๐Ÿ†– Emoji meaning

No good, faulty, unsuitable, rejected, failed, warning.

๐Ÿ†– Meaning

This is not OK! NG stands for โ€œNo Goodโ€ and is used as the colloquial antonym of โ€œOKโ€ in Japan. Chat partner wants to save you from a mistake or warn you about something.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

NG button
โ†”
NEW button

NEW button vs NG button; both two-letter squares, used in media/ratings contexts.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œNG buttonโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ button

Keywords removed

- NG button

In the release of Emoji 14.0 and Unicode 14.0 in 2021 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ NG

Keywords removed

- ng

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ NG button

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

squared ng

Emoji title after

NG button

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ ng

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- ng

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