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Japanese “Prohibited” Button

A square button displaying the CJK ideograph 禁, meaning “forbidden,” “prohibited,” or “ban.” In Japanese signage and interfaces, this symbol is used to indicate that an action is prohibited, such as 禁煙 (kin'en, “no smoking”) or 立入禁止 (tachiiri kinshi, “no entry”).

Typically depicted as a white 禁 character on a red square background.

Technical Information

Code: U+1F232
Category: Symbols
Sub Category: Alphanum
Unicode Version: 0.6
Keywords: japan