Meaning
The P button emoji displays a capital letter P in white text on a bright red or blue square, universally recognized as the international parking symbol found on road signs, parking garages, and navigation apps. The clean, bold design makes it instantly identifiable even at small sizes.
Most commonly, people use the P button emoji when discussing parking—asking if there's parking available, joking about difficulty finding a spot, or marking a location as a parking area. In navigation and travel contexts, it's genuinely useful for highlighting where to park. Beyond literal parking talk, some users deploy it humorously when marking a mental note to "park" or pause on a topic, or even as a playful way to reference the letter P itself in games or alphabetic sequences.
The emoji's strength lies in its clarity and real-world applicability. Unlike more abstract symbols, the P button's purpose is immediately clear to anyone familiar with parking signage—which is nearly universal in urban contexts. Design consistency across platforms keeps it readable and reliable.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, the P button has solidified itself as the go-to emoji for parking-related communication, especially as navigation apps and location sharing became central to digital life.
Common Uses
- • Asking about or indicating parking availability
- • Joking about difficulty finding a parking spot
- • Marking a parking location on a map
- • Referencing the letter P in games or playful contexts
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The P button's red background and design directly mirror international ISO 6309 parking signage standards, making it one of the few emoji with a formal, globally regulated design precedent in real-world infrastructure.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:parking: :parking: :parking: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🅿 |
| HTML (hex) | 🅿 |
| CSS | \1F17F |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDD7F |
| Python | \U0001F17F |
| Java | \uD83C\uDD7F |
| Perl | \x{1F17F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F17F} |
| Punycode | xn--2q9r |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%85%BF |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0xBF |
🅿️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পি বোতাম |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 停车按钮 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | P |
| Danish | parkering |
| Dutch | P-knop |
| English | P button |
| English (UK) | P button |
| Estonian | nupp P |
| Finnish | P |
| French | bouton P |
| German | Großbuchstabe P in blauem Quadrat |
| Hindi | चौकोर में पी बटन, पार्किंग |
| Hungarian | P gomb |
| Italian | pulsante P |
| Japanese | Pマーク |
| Korean | 주차 표시 |
| Lithuanian | simbolis „P“ |
| Malay | butang P |
| Norwegian | P-knapp |
| Polish | parking |
| Portuguese | botão P |
| Russian | парковка |
| Spanish | aparcamiento |
| Spanish (Mexico) | aparcamiento |
| Swedish | P-knapp |
| Thai | ที่จอดรถ |
| Ukrainian | кнопка «паркування» |
| Vietnamese | nút P |