House, U+1F3E0, sits above Copy: one press and house emoji copy and paste is done. Under it are 115 tiles: the one with a garden, the street, 22 lines for a move or a listing, plain-text houses and ASCII art.
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Moving in, or selling it
Twelve of the 22 lines are for a move or a message home, from We got the keys to Home safe. Ten are for a property post: Just listed, Open house, Sale agreed. Nine have blanks: paste, then type the address, the time or the price over the underscores.
Where emoji get dropped
Some name fields and printed signs lose emoji. Search no emoji for 17 tiles made of ordinary characters. โ is a character named House, U+2302, and it takes the colour and size of your words. Four of the lines are built on it.
Tips
Search apartment. No emoji carries that word, so this page added it to Office building, the nearest thing.
The widest ASCII house is 18 columns. Paste them where the font is monospaced, or the roofs slide.
The four houses date from Emoji 0.6 and 0.7. Hut needs 13.0 and Empty nest 14.0.
Questions and answers
What does the house emoji mean?
Home. CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files ๐ under home, heart and where, as in the saying, and under suburbia. It lists house for six emoji and home for eight. The derelict one is on both lists.
What is the difference between ๐ and ๐ก?
A garden. Unicode names them House building and House with garden, and its notes give the second another name: home, house with yard. CLDR gives ๐ก every search word ๐ has, plus garden. Only ๐ has a text form.
Is there an apartment emoji?
No. No emoji name and no CLDR search word holds apartment, cabin, mansion, cottage, igloo or barn. Office building is the nearest to a block of flats. Hut covers anything round: CLDR files it under roundhouse, shelter and yurt.
How do I type the house symbol โ?
Copy it here, or hold Alt and type 127 on a Windows number pad. Code 127 of the old PC character set was drawn as a house, and Unicode kept it as U+2302. It is text, not an emoji.
Which emoji go with a new home?
The key. Got the keys is ๐๐ and Moving day is ๐ฆ๐๐ . Four combos carry housewarming customs Wikipedia records: firewood, which is where the word comes from, bread and salt, a pineapple, and a cat let in first.
๐๏ธDerelict houseU+1F3DA U+FE0F. The abandoned one. Unicode's notes call it a derelict site, and CLDR still files it under home. Emoji 0.7.
๐ชนEmpty nestU+1FAB9. CLDR files it under home. For the house after the children have left. Emoji 14.0.
๐จHammerU+1F528. CLDR files it under home and improvement, with the wrench and the nut and bolt. Emoji 0.6.
๐ HouseU+1F3E0. The one this page is named for; Unicode's full name is House building. CLDR files it under home, heart and where, as in the saying. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐กHouse with gardenU+1F3E1. The same house with a tree beside it. CLDR gives it every search word House has, plus garden. Unicode's notes add home, house with yard. No text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐๏ธHousesU+1F3D8 U+FE0F. Several at once. Unicode's notes give its other name as town. Emoji 0.7.
๐HutU+1F6D6. A round house with a thatched look to its name: CLDR files it under roundhouse, shelter and yurt. Emoji 13.0.
๐ฉNut and boltU+1F529. The third of the three home improvement emoji. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชดPotted plantU+1FAB4. A house plant, which is why CLDR lists the word house for it. The sixth and last emoji under that word. Emoji 13.0.
๐งWrenchU+1F527. Home improvement again, by CLDR's filing. It lists spanner for it too. Emoji 0.6.
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The rest of the street 18
๐ฆBankU+1F3E6. Holds the mortgage, though CLDR has no such word: it lists bank and building and stops. Emoji 0.6.
๐งฑBrickU+1F9F1. What the walls are made of. CLDR lists wall and mortar. Emoji 11.0.
๐๏ธBuilding constructionU+1F3D7 U+FE0F. A house that is not one yet. CLDR files it under crane. Emoji 0.7.
๐๏ธCampingU+1F3D5 U+FE0F. The tent, with scenery. CLDR gives it one search word, which is camping. Emoji 0.7.
๐ฐCastleU+1F3F0. A large house with a defence budget. CLDR calls it European, and a Japanese castle is next to it. Emoji 0.6.
โชChurchU+26EA. CLDR files it under chapel as well. Emoji 0.6.
๐๏ธCityscapeU+1F3D9 U+FE0F. The street, from further away. Emoji 0.7.
๐ชConvenience storeU+1F3EA. The corner shop. CLDR files it under 24 and hours. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฌDepartment storeU+1F3EC. The big shop in town. Emoji 0.6.
๐ญFactoryU+1F3ED. The far end of town. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅHospitalU+1F3E5. CLDR files it under doctor and medicine. Emoji 0.6.
๐จHotelU+1F3E8. Home for a night or two. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฏJapanese castleU+1F3EF. The other castle, with the tiered roofs in its name only: CLDR lists Japanese, castle and building. Emoji 0.6.
๐ขOffice buildingU+1F3E2. The nearest thing to a block of flats. No emoji name and no CLDR search word holds apartment. Emoji 0.6.
๐คPost officeU+1F3E4. For the change of address. CLDR calls this one European; a Japanese post office sits before it in the list. Emoji 1.0.
๐ซSchoolU+1F3EB. Where the house empties to on weekdays. Emoji 0.6.
โบTentU+26FA. A house you carry. Unicode's notes give its other name as camping site. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชตWoodU+1FAB5. The other building material. CLDR lists log, lumber and timber. Emoji 13.0.
Indoors 15
๐BathtubU+1F6C1. The bathroom, part one. The empty tub: a separate emoji has a person in it. Emoji 1.0.
๐๏ธBedU+1F6CF U+FE0F. CLDR files it under sleep and, less homely, hotel. Emoji 0.7.
๐งนBroomU+1F9F9. Housework. CLDR lists cleaning and sweeping, then witch. Emoji 11.0.
๐ชChairU+1FA91. One seat. Emoji 12.0.
๐๏ธCouch and lampU+1F6CB U+FE0F. The living room in one emoji. CLDR lists hotel for this one too. Emoji 0.7.
๐ชDoorU+1F6AA. CLDR lists front, back and closet, so it is any door in the house. Emoji 0.6.
๐KeyU+1F511. The emoji people post on the day a sale goes through. CLDR lists keys and unlock. Emoji 0.6.
๐กLight bulbU+1F4A1. A light on indoors. CLDR files it under idea as well. Emoji 0.6.
๐LockedU+1F512. Locked up for the night. CLDR lists private. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชMirrorU+1FA9E. Emoji 13.0. CLDR lists reflection and makeup.
๐๏ธOld keyU+1F5DD U+FE0F. The older key, for the older house. CLDR files it under clue. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐ฆPackageU+1F4E6. A moving box, or whatever was left on the step. CLDR lists box and delivery. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฟShowerU+1F6BF. The bathroom, part two. Emoji 1.0.
๐ฝToiletU+1F6BD. CLDR lists bathroom for it, and for nothing else in this row. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชWindowU+1FA9F. Added in Emoji 13.0, so the oldest phones show an empty box. CLDR lists view and fresh air.
Houses in plain text 19
[_]>Keyboard house, lying on its side, roof to the right
_/\_/\_/\_Three roofs in keyboard characters
โ โ โFrom one house to the next: a move, in three characters
โ โโโโโโโ โRule between two house signs
โโโโโRow of house signs, for a divider
โโโโโTerrace of five, filled and outlined in turn
โซCastle, the map signU+26EB Castle. A map symbol, not the emoji: Unicode's notes point from it to the European castle. It shows as an empty box where no font has it.
่Dwelling, as a Han characterU+820D CJK unified ideograph-820D. Unihan defines it as house, dwelling; dwell, reside.
ๅฑHouse or room, as a Han characterU+5C4B CJK unified ideograph-5C4B. Unihan defines it as house; room; building, shelter.
โHouse signU+2302 House. A house in outline, and not an emoji: it takes the colour and size of your words. It sat at code 127 of the old PC character set, which is where its Alt code, Alt+127, comes from.
ๅฎถHouse, as a Han characterU+5BB6 CJK unified ideograph-5BB6. Unihan defines it as house, home, residence; family. It is written as a roof over the character for pig, and Wiktionary files the roof-over-a-pig story under folk etymology.
๐House, as a hieroglyphU+13250 Egyptian hieroglyph O001. Unicode describes it as a house or enclosure: a floor plan with a gap for the door. It shows as an empty box where no font has hieroglyphs.
โฉIgloo, more or lessU+2229 Intersection. A set theory sign that happens to be a dome with a doorway as wide as the house. There is no igloo emoji.
โฌPentagon, filledU+2B1F Black pentagon. Five equal sides, point up: a house as a child draws one, minus the door.
โฌ Pentagon, outlineU+2B20 White pentagon. The same five sides, empty.
ๅฎ Residence, as a Han characterU+5B85 CJK unified ideograph-5B85. Unihan defines it as residence, dwelling, home; grave.
ๅฎRoof, as a Han characterU+5B80 CJK unified ideograph-5B80. Unihan defines it as roof; Kangxi radical 40. It is the top half of the characters for house and residence, and Unihan files both under it.
โShogi piece, filledU+2617 Black shogi piece. A piece from shogi, Japanese chess, whose pieces are flat five-sided wedges. Game records mark the first player's moves with it. At text size it is a small solid house.
โShogi piece, outlineU+2616 White shogi piece. The second player's mark, and the same house in outline.
Lines for a move or a listing 22
๐ ___ bed ยท ___ bath ยท ___ sq ftThe facts line of a listing, with three blanks
๐ก Coming soon ๐กBefore the listing is live
๐ For rent: ___ bed, ___ bathType the two numbers over the blanks
๐ Home by ___Type the time over the blank
๐ Home safeThe reply to text me when you get in
โ Home sweet home โThe same, with no emoji in it
๐ก Home sweet home ๐กThe first post from the new place
๐ Housewarming: ___ at ___Type the day and the time over the blanks
โ Just listed โA property post for a field that drops emoji
๐ก Just listed ๐กOpens a property post
๐ Just sold ๐Closes one
๐ฆ Moving day ๐ฆBoxes at both ends, as on the day
โ New address: ___Plain text, with a blank for the address
๐ New price: ___Type the figure over the blank
โ Open house โPlain text, for a printed sign or a name field
๐ Open house: ___, ___ to ___Type the day and the two times over the blanks
๐ Sale agreedFor a listing that is spoken for but not finished
๐๏ธ Staying in tonightThe couch says it for you
๐ We got the keys ๐For the day the sale goes through
๐ We moved. New address: ___Type the address over the blank
๐ Welcome home, ___Type the name over the blank
๐ Working from home todayFor a status or an out-of-office
ASCII houses 6
For sale signA board on a post. Type SOLD or TO LET over the words and pad with spaces to keep the frame ten wide inside.
House behind a fenceThe small house with a picket fence run out to either side. Plain ASCII, 14 columns wide.
House with a chimneyA window on the left, a door on the right and a chimney the emoji does not promise. Plain ASCII, 13 columns wide.
Ridge tentThe tent emoji in keyboard characters, with the flap open. Plain ASCII, 10 columns wide.
Small houseFive lines of plain ASCII, six columns wide: a roof, a window and a door.
Terrace of threeThree small houses sharing walls, the text version of Houses. Plain ASCII, 18 columns wide.
House combos 26
๐๐ง๐ Bread and saltBread, then salt, then house. Wikipedia records bread and salt as a housewarming gift in Russia and Germany, and as part of Jewish housewarming tradition.
๐๏ธ๐งฑ๐ Building itBuilding construction, then brick, then house. Site, materials, house.
๐๐ช๐ Cat goes in firstCat, then door, then house. Wikipedia records a belief in Russia that a cat should be let into a new house before anyone else, for luck.
๐ชต๐ฅ๐ Firewood for the new houseWood, then fire, then house. By Wikipedia's account, housewarming is literal: before central heating, guests brought firewood and helped warm the new home.
๐๏ธ๐จ๐ Fixer-upperDerelict house, then hammer, then house. Before, tool, after. CLDR files Hammer under home and improvement.
๐๐ Got the keysKey, then house. Key first, then what it opens.
๐๏ธ๐ปHaunted houseDerelict house, then ghost. The derelict house does the work; the ghost confirms it.
๐ ๐ณHome cookingHouse, then cooking. The second emoji is named Cooking, and is a pan with an egg in its search words.
๐ก๐Home for the holidaysHouse with garden, then Christmas tree. Swap the tree for whatever your holiday has.
๐ ๐โพHome runHouse, then person running, then baseball. A pun, and it knows it.
๐ ๐โ๏ธHomeworkHouse, then books, then pencil. Same pun, less fun.
๐๐๏ธHouse huntingMagnifying glass tilted left, then houses. CLDR files the magnifying glass under search.
๐ ๐ชดHouse plantHouse, then potted plant. Spelled out: CLDR lists the word house for Potted plant.
๐ ๐๐ชดHousewarmingHouse, then party popper, then potted plant. The plant is the safe present.
๐๐ Housewarming pineapplePineapple, then house. In the 17th and 18th centuries a pineapple was an extravagant housewarming gift in Europe and America, as Wikipedia tells it.
๐ ๐งน๐งผHouseworkHouse, then broom, then soap. CLDR files Broom and Soap under cleaning.
๐ ๐๐คLights outHouse, then crescent moon, then ZZZ. The house, asleep.
๐ ๐๐ฉLocked outHouse, then locked, then weary face. The key is inside. It is always inside.
๐ฆ๐๐ Moving dayPackage, then delivery truck, then house. Boxes, van, house, in the order the day goes.
๐ ๐๏ธ๐บNight inHouse, then couch and lamp, then television. Plans: none.
๐ช๐ ๐Open houseDoor, then house, then balloon. The balloon is the one tied to the sign outside.
๐ โ๏ธSnowed inHouse, then snowflake. Nobody is going anywhere.
๐ ๐ค๐SoldHouse, then handshake, then key. House, deal, keys. CLDR files Handshake under agreement and deal.
๐๏ธ๐กTown and countryCityscape, then house with garden. Two answers to where do you live.
๐กโค๏ธWhere the heart isHouse with garden, then red heart. CLDR files both houses under heart and where, so the saying is on the record.
๐ ๐ปWork from homeHouse, then laptop. The commute is one emoji long.