🕋 Kaaba Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste, Codes

01 — Meaning

What does the 🕋 Kaaba emoji mean?

In plain english

Generally, the 🕋 emoji means the Kaaba, a central shrine in Islam. People use it to show support for Muslims or to represent their own faith. It’s often used in conversations about Mecca and the Hajj. 🕋 sits in travel emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way. It also turns up in black emojis, white emojis and dark emojis.

Where it comes from

The 🕋 emoji represents the Kaaba. It’s a sacred building located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Muslims use it to show their faith, devotion, and connection to their religion. You’ll see it used when talking about Islam, the Hajj pilgrimage, or simply expressing a feeling of reverence. It can convey excitement about religious events, sadness during prayer, or a general sense of respect for Islamic traditions.

Also known as

People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 5.

hajj emojiislam emojiMuslim emojireligion emojiumrah emoji

02 — Platforms

Kaaba emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

The character you send is always U+1F54B. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.

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

Kaaba emoji copy and paste

Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :kaaba:.

All emoji copy and paste →

In your code

Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F54B.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🕋 Kaaba emoji

No picker to hand? The kaaba 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 “kaaba”. 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 “kaaba”.

Slack & Discord

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

Websites & code

In HTML use 🕋, in CSS \1F54B, in JavaScript \u{1F54B}.

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

Kaaba emoji PNG and SVG

Grab the kaaba 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

Kaaba emoji combinations

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

All combinations →

Aesthetic kaaba combos

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Dark kaaba combos

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Y2K kaaba combos

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

If a girl sends you the 🕋 emoji, she might be expressing her own faith as a Muslim or showing solidarity with Muslim friends or family. She could also be referencing the Kaaba as a symbol of peace and devotion. It's a pretty common way for Muslim women to express themselves online.

From a guy

A guy sending the 🕋 emoji could be showing support for a Muslim friend, acknowledging a shared interest in Islam, or simply stating his own belief. Sometimes it's used to express respect for Islamic culture and traditions. It's often a straightforward way to connect with someone who shares similar values.

How to reply

If someone sends you the 🕋 emoji, you could reply with: “May Allah bless you 🕋”, “Peace be upon you 🕋”, “Sending you good vibes 🕋”, or “Respect 🕋”.

Used in a sentence

08 — Around the world

What 🕋 means in other countries

Depicts the holiest site in Islam, the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage — not a generic building icon to drop in casually.

Changes meaning depending on where you are

Muslim communities

Used respectfully around Hajj season, pilgrimage stories, or religious reflection.

casual or joking chat

Using it flippantly or decoratively can read as disrespectful given how sacred the site is.

Before you send it: Reserve it for genuine religious context; it’s not a casual travel or building emoji.

09 — 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 the Kaaba, a central shrine in Islam. People use it to show support for Muslims or to represent their own faith. 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 :kaaba:. 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.

10 — Related

Emojis similar to the Kaaba emoji

Same family (place-religious) — often confused with kaaba or used alongside it.

Travel & Places →

⛪️Church 🕌Mosque 🕍Synagogue 🛕Hindu Temple ⛩️Shinto Shrine 🧳Luggage 🌂Closed Umbrella ☂️Umbrella 🪨Rock 🌞Sun with Face 🌝Full Moon Face 🌛First Quarter Moon Face

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

travel emojis black emojis white emojis dark emojis

11 — History

Where the 🕋 Kaaba emoji came from

It arrived with the 1.0 release of the standard, which dates the kaaba to 2015.

AppleiOS

GoogleAndroid

Kaaba emoji, Google, Blob, 2017 — Blob, 2017

Kaaba emoji, Google, Redesign, 2017 — Redesign, 2017

Kaaba emoji, Google, Android 2018 — Android 2018

Kaaba emoji, Google, Android 2020 — Android 2020

Twitter / XTwemoji

Kaaba emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16 — Twemoji 16

Kaaba emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17 — Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F54B 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.

2015

Added to the standard

Kaaba was approved as U+1F54B and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

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

Kaaba emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🕋 Kaaba emoji mean?

Generally, the 🕋 emoji means the Kaaba, a central shrine in Islam. People use it to show support for Muslims or to represent their own faith. It’s often used in conversations about Mecca and the Hajj.

What does 🕋 mean from a girl?

If a girl sends you the 🕋 emoji, she might be expressing her own faith as a Muslim or showing solidarity with Muslim friends or family. She could also be referencing the Kaaba as a symbol of peace and devotion. It's a pretty common way for Muslim women to express themselves online.

What does 🕋 mean from a guy?

A guy sending the 🕋 emoji could be showing support for a Muslim friend, acknowledging a shared interest in Islam, or simply stating his own belief. Sometimes it's used to express respect for Islamic culture and traditions. It's often a straightforward way to connect with someone who shares similar values.

How do you reply to the 🕋 emoji?

If someone sends you the 🕋 emoji, you could reply with: “May Allah bless you 🕋”, “Peace be upon you 🕋”, “Sending you good vibes 🕋”, or “Respect 🕋”.

What else is the 🕋 emoji called?

Kaaba is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “hajj emoji”, “islam emoji”, “Muslim emoji”, “religion emoji”, “umrah emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F54B.

What is the Unicode code for 🕋?

The Kaaba emoji is U+1F54B, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML you can write it as 🕋, and in CSS as \1F54B.

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 :kaaba: for Slack and Discord.

Does 🕋 look the same on every phone?

No. Kaaba is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp and JoyPixels all ship their own artwork for U+1F54B. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.

🕋Kaaba Emoji

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