Japanese Dolls
Muñecas japonesas
• Japanese Hinamatsuri or girls’ doll festival
The Japanese Dolls emoji is a symbol for the Hinamatsuri (Girls' Day or Doll's Day) in Japan. Ornamental dolls representing the Imperial Family in traditional attire. The dolls include the emperor, empress and the people that typically surround them (the royal court). Celebrated on March 3rd, Doll's Day is the day to pray for young girls and their well being. Doll's Day is not considered an official holiday of Japan.
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
- This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
- In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) |
871 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |
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| Google Android Picture |
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| Google Hangouts Picture |
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| Twitter.com Picture |
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| LG Emoji Picture |
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| Samsung Emoji Picture |
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| Phantom Open Emoji Picture |
Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion |
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| "Short Code" Name |
:dolls: |
| Keywords |
Dolls, Japan, Japanese, Day, Girls, Emperor, Empress, Pray, Blessing, Imperial, Family, Royal |
Unicode Category Information
| Unicode Category |
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range |
1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory |
Celebration Symbols |
Editorial Comment
Japanese dolls of a couple dressed in traditional robes and hair fashion, they are kneeling down. Japanese Hinamatsuri. Girl power! iEmoji old name: Traditional Japanese Couple
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
| Unicode Category |
Artifacts |
| Unicode Subcategory |
Celebration Symbols |
| Names & Annotations |
JAPANESE DOLLS Old name: GIRLS DOLL FESTIVAL * Japanese Hinamatsuri or girls' doll festival Temporary Notes: 雛祭り: Japanese Hinamatsuri |
| Symbol Information |
U+1F38E proposed |
| Proposal Identifier |
e-519 |
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
| DoCoMo |
[ひな祭り] |
| KDDI |
#477 雛祭り 「雛祭ri」 U+EAE4 SJIS-F3B8 JIS-7A3A |
| Softbank |
#310 #old403 ひな祭り 「hina祭ri」 U+E438 SJIS-FB78 |
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
