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⛩️ Emoji meaning

Transition, entrance, torii gate, Shinto, Japan's nature-based religion.

⛩️ Meaning

Religious Japanese architecture. Serves for the worship of a deity. Shintoism (Japanese for the way of the gods) is practiced almost exclusively in Japan. The religion is characterized by nature and ancestor worship.

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Intensity Variant

Shinto shrine

Shinto shrine vs church; both pointed-roof places of worship, architectural differences subtle at emoji size.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Shinto shrine” was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 0.7 .

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

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- shinto shrine

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

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+ shinto shrine

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

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+ religion + shinto + shrine

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

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- shinto - shrine

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