🕌 Mosque
🕌 Emoji meaning
Friday prayer, Ramadan, Eid, Islam and the Muslim community.
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🕌 Meaning
The religious building with a dome-shaped roof and minaret is a place of communal prayer of Islam and social meeting place. Can relate to religion, travel or architecture.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Church vs mosque; both religious buildings used generically for ‘place of worship’.
Mosque vs synagogue; both domed religious buildings used broadly for worship contexts.
Kaaba vs mosque; both central Islamic sites used when referring to Islam or pilgrimage.
Place of worship symbol vs mosque; generic vs specific location, both refer to worship spaces.
Star and crescent vs mosque; both used for Islam or Muslim contexts.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Mosque” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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