⛪ Church
⛪ Emoji meaning
Contemplation, faith, worship services, church, and life events.
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⛪ Meaning
As poor as a church mouse! Christian building. The church represents weddings, baptism, worship, and funerals. Also used for religion and holidays.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Church vs place of worship symbol; both used to indicate religious/sacred locations.
Intensity Variant
Shinto shrine vs church; both pointed-roof places of worship, architectural differences subtle at emoji size.
Same Shape
Church vs mosque; both religious buildings used generically for ‘place of worship’.
Place of worship vs church; often used interchangeably to denote a religious place when exact religion is irrelevant.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Church” 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 added
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
