🆖 Ng Button Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste, Codes

01 — Meaning

What does the 🆖 Ng Button emoji mean?

In plain english

Generally, the 🆖 emoji means “no,” “stop,” or “that’s bad.” It’s used to indicate something is incorrect, not good, or needs to be avoided. Think of it as a visual way to say “don’t do that” or “that’s wrong.” 🆖 sits in blue emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way.

Where it comes from

The 🆖 emoji represents the Ng button from the mobile game *Candy Crush*. It’s used to express frustration, annoyance, or disappointment, usually when something goes wrong or isn’t working out. People use it when they’re feeling stuck, defeated, or just plain irritated. It can also be used humorously to mimic the sound effect from the game. You’ll often see it in situations where someone’s trying to do something and failing.

Also known as

One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 2 of them.

button emojiNG emoji

02 — Platforms

Ng Button emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the ng button has been drawn in 3 ways.

AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS

GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome

Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps

FacebookFacebook, Messenger

OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

SamsungGalaxy, One UI

MicrosoftWindows, Teams, Fluent

WhatsAppWhatsApp on Android

JoyPixelsSlack, Discord themes

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

Ng Button emoji copy and paste

Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :ng:.

All emoji copy and paste →

In your code

Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F196.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🆖 Ng Button emoji

No picker to hand? The ng button can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.

iPhone & iPad

Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “ng button”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.

Android

On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.

Windows & Mac

Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “ng button”.

Slack & Discord

Type the shortcode :ng: and it converts to 🆖 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.

Websites & code

In HTML use 🆖, in CSS \1F196, in JavaScript \u{1F196}.

No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

Ng Button emoji PNG and SVG

Grab the ng button as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.

Emoji PNG library →

Apple PNG · 160px

Google PNG · 160px

Twitter / X SVG vector

Facebook PNG · 64px

OpenMoji SVG vector

Samsung PNG · 64px

Microsoft PNG · 64px

WhatsApp PNG · 64px

JoyPixels PNG · 64px

06 — Combinations

Ng Button emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around ng button for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

All combinations →

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Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.

07 — In conversation

What 🆖 means from a girl or a guy

Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.

From a girl

When a girl sends you the 🆖 emoji, she’s often expressing a similar feeling of frustration or annoyance. It could mean she disagrees with something you said, finds something you did frustrating, or simply wants you to stop doing something. It’s a pretty direct way of saying she’s not happy about the situation.

From a guy

A guy sending you the 🆖 emoji typically means he’s also feeling frustrated, annoyed, or disappointed. It’s a pretty neutral expression of negativity, just like a girl would use it. He might be reacting to a bad outcome or simply wanting you to back off.

How to reply

If someone sends you 🆖, you could reply with: “Seriously? 😠” or “Ugh, same! 😩” or “Don’t do that! 🙅‍♀️” or “Let’s try again! 💪”.

Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🆖 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.

TikTok & Instagram

Generally, the 🆖 emoji means “no,” “stop,” or “that’s bad.” It’s used to indicate something is incorrect, not good, or needs to be avoided. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.

WhatsApp draws 🆖 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🆖 in it is shown enlarged.

Discord & Slack

Both accept the shortcode :ng:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🆖 looks different there than on your phone.

Outlook & email

Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🆖 from the copy button above.

09 — Related

Emojis similar to the Ng Button emoji

Same family (alphanum) — often confused with ng button or used alongside it.

Symbols →

🆔Id Button 🉑Japanese “acceptable” Button 🈶Japanese “not Free of Charge” Button 🈚️Japanese “free of Charge” Button 🈸Japanese “application” Button 🈺Japanese “open for Business” Button 🈷️Japanese “monthly Amount” Button 🆚Vs Button 🉐Japanese “bargain” Button ㊙️Japanese “secret” Button ㊗️Japanese “congratulations” Button 🈴Japanese “passing Grade” Button

Collections 🆖 belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:

blue emojis

10 — Difference

🆖 vs 😀 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🆖 Ng Button

Unicode name: Ng Button

Code: U+1F196 · added 2010

Shortcode: :ng:

Generally, the 🆖 emoji means “no,” “stop,” or “that’s bad.”

😀 Grinning Face

Unicode name: Grinning Face

Code: U+1F600 · added 2015

Shortcode: :grinning:

Generally, 😀 means you’re happy and feeling good about something.

Open 😀 Grinning Face →

11 — History

Where the 🆖 Ng Button emoji came from

This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.

AppleiOS

Ng Button emoji, Apple, iOS 18.4 — iOS 18.4

GoogleAndroid

Ng Button emoji, Google, Blob, 2017 — Blob, 2017

Ng Button emoji, Google, Redesign, 2017 — Redesign, 2017

Ng Button emoji, Google, Android 2018 — Android 2018

Ng Button emoji, Google, Android 2020 — Android 2020

Twitter / XTwemoji

Ng Button emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16 — Twemoji 16

Ng Button emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17 — Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F196 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

1997–2008

Japanese carrier phones

Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets. 🆖 existed there as NTT DoCoMo E72F. Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.

2010

Added to the standard

Ng Button was approved as U+1F196 and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.

Today

Drawn 9 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🆖 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

12 — FAQ

Ng Button emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🆖 Ng Button emoji mean?

Generally, the 🆖 emoji means “no,” “stop,” or “that’s bad.” It’s used to indicate something is incorrect, not good, or needs to be avoided. Think of it as a visual way to say “don’t do that” or “that’s wrong.”

What does 🆖 mean from a girl?

When a girl sends you the 🆖 emoji, she’s often expressing a similar feeling of frustration or annoyance. It could mean she disagrees with something you said, finds something you did frustrating, or simply wants you to stop doing something. It’s a pretty direct way of saying she’s not happy about the situation.

What does 🆖 mean from a guy?

A guy sending you the 🆖 emoji typically means he’s also feeling frustrated, annoyed, or disappointed. It’s a pretty neutral expression of negativity, just like a girl would use it. He might be reacting to a bad outcome or simply wanting you to back off.

How do you reply to the 🆖 emoji?

If someone sends you 🆖, you could reply with: “Seriously? 😠” or “Ugh, same! 😩” or “Don’t do that! 🙅‍♀️” or “Let’s try again! 💪”.

What else is the 🆖 emoji called?

Ng Button is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “button emoji”, “NG emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F196.

What is the Unicode code for 🆖?

The Ng Button emoji is U+1F196, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). In HTML you can write it as 🆖, and in CSS as \1F196.

How do I copy and paste the 🆖 emoji?

Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🆖 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :ng: for Slack and Discord.

Does 🆖 look the same on every phone?

No. Ng Button is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp and JoyPixels all ship their own artwork for U+1F196. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.

🆖Ng Button Emoji

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