Empty nest Emoji

Animals

A brown, woven twig nest sitting completely empty. The structure appears sturdy but abandoned, with no eggs or hatchlings present inside.

Usage Context

Frequently used to describe the phase of life when children move out of their parents' home. It also serves as a direct way to discuss home abandonment, feeling lonely, or the literal observation of an empty animal habitat. It is often contrasted with the 🐣 emoji to show the difference between a new arrival and a departure.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of Emoji 14.0. It was created to fill a specific gap in the library for metaphors related to family dynamics and the lifecycle of home life, moving away from purely biological animal representations.

Details

Glyph

🪹

Unicode

U+1FAB9

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fab9:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEB9;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory plant-other

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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