Japanese “prohibited” button emoji meaning

The Japanese "prohibited" button emoji shows a red square with a white Japanese kanji character inside it. The character, 禁 (kin), means "prohibition" or "ban" in English. This emoji represents the idea of something being not allowed or forbidden. People often use it to talk about rules, restrictions, or situations where certain actions or items are prohibited. It is a visual way to communicate the concept of a ban or restriction clearly and quickly.

The Japanese “prohibited” button emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026