White flower Emoji

Animals

A stylized white, five-petaled flower outlined in red, set against a circular pink background. It looks remarkably similar to a rubber stamp or a decorative paper cutout found in a classroom setting.

Usage Context

In Japan, this icon is frequently used by teachers to mark a student's homework as 'perfect' or 'well done.' Outside of that academic context, it is used to signify spring, cherry blossoms, or simply to add a decorative flair to a message. It is often paired with the 🌸 or 💮 emojis to emphasize themes of growth or achievement.

History

This character was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. Its design is based on the traditional Japanese 'hanamaru' stamp, a system used in schools to give positive reinforcement by drawing a flower around a student's correct answers.

Details

Glyph

💮

Unicode

U+1F4AE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4ae:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCAE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory plant-flower

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © 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.

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