Moon viewing ceremony Emoji
Activities
A dark night scene featuring a bright, full moon hovering above a wooden stand holding traditional rice dumplings, set against a backdrop of susuki grass. It captures the essence of a serene outdoor harvest ritual.
Usage Context
Used to celebrate the autumn harvest or to talk about stargazing and evening festivities. It serves as the go-to icon for those observing the Mid-Autumn Festival or Japanese Tsukimi, often shared alongside ๐ to emphasize the lunar connection.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, this emoji is rooted in the Japanese festival of Tsukimi, an ancient tradition of honoring the moon during the autumn equinox. Its design was adapted from early Japanese mobile carrier graphics that sought to represent seasonal cultural events for chat users.
Details
Glyph
๐
Unicode
U+1F391
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f391:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Activities
Subcategory event
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. ยฉ Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.