🏩 Love Hotel

Code Points: U+1F3E9

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🏩 Emoji Meaning

The🏩 Love Hotel emoji depicts a building with a distinctive heart symbol, often lit up with neon or otherwise brightly decorated. It represents a specific type of short-stay hotel primarily found in Japan, and to a lesser extent in other parts of East Asia and Latin America. These hotels are designed for privacy and intimacy.

Most popular meanings:

  • Short-stay accommodation: Its primary meaning is a place for a short stay, typically rented by the hour or for a night. This isn't necessarily exclusively for romantic encounters, although that's the most common association.
  • Romantic getaway/intimacy: The emoji is frequently used to suggest a romantic rendezvous, a secret meeting, or a place for intimate moments with a partner.
  • Privacy and discretion: Love hotels are known for their discretion, allowing couples (or individuals) to maintain privacy. The emoji can therefore symbolize a need for secrecy or a desire to escape prying eyes.
  • Something risquΓ© or suggestive: Given its connection with intimacy, using this emoji can carry a playful or slightly suggestive tone, even when not literally referring to a love hotel.
  • Japanese culture: Due to its origins, the emoji can sometimes be used in contexts referencing Japanese culture or travel experiences in Japan.

It's important to note that the meaning can depend on the context of the conversation. While generally associated with romance and intimacy, it doesn't always carry an explicitly sexual connotation.


Love Hotel Emoji Images

Here is how Love Hotel emoji looks like on iPhone, Android, Facebook, Messenger and X:

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