🛐 Place of worship
🛐 Emoji meaning
I'm sorry! Kneeling, apologizing, praying, church, mosque.
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🛐 Meaning
The kneeling person under a roof symbolizes a place of prayer. This could be a church or a mosque. The sign can be found at airports, for example.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Church vs place of worship symbol; both used to indicate religious/sacred locations.
Same Shape
Place of worship vs church; often used interchangeably to denote a religious place when exact religion is irrelevant.
Place of worship symbol vs mosque; generic vs specific location, both refer to worship spaces.
Place of worship vs star and crescent; both used in contexts about religion or faith generally.
Wheel of dharma vs place of worship; both generic religion-related icons used for faith or temples.
Latin cross vs place of worship; both generic symbols for religion or churches.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Place of worship” 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.
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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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