Symbols · Emoji 12.0
🟩Green Square Emoji
Basically, it means "yes," "good job," or "that’s great." It’s a simple way to show you agree or approve of something someone said or did.
The green square emoji, 🟩, is often used to represent a feeling of success or approval.
- Unicode
- U+1F7E9
- Released
- 2019
- Shortcode
- :large_
green_ square: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🟩 Green Square emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 2 of them.
02 — Platforms
Green Square emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F7E9 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your green square looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Green Square emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :large_green_square:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F7E9.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🟩 Green Square emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F7E9 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Green Square emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the green square 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
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Green Square emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around green square for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →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.
08 — Apps
What 🟩 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the green square lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
🟩 vs 🟢 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Green Square
Code: U+1F7E9 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_green_square:
Basically, it means "yes," "good job," or "that’s great."
Unicode name: Green Circle
Code: U+1F7E2 · added 2019
Shortcode: :large_green_circle:
Generally, 🟢 means “okay,” “go,” or “good.”
11 — History
Where the 🟩 Green Square emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F7E9 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.
Green Square was approved as U+1F7E9 and shipped in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
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