Shamrock Emoji
Animals
A green, three-leaved clover, often depicted as a sprig with a short stem. It is widely recognized as the traditional emblem of Ireland and a representation of good luck.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to icon for St. Patrick's Day celebrations, Irish heritage, or expressing feelings of luck. People frequently use it alongside 🍀 to talk about nature or the luck of the Irish.
History
Adopted into Unicode 1.1 in 1993, this glyph has roots in early sets of symbols used by Japanese telecommunications companies to represent various plants and seasonal flora before emojis became a global standard.
Details
Glyph
☘
Unicode
U+2618
Shortcode
:emoji_u2618:
HTML Entity
☘
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Animals
Subcategory plant-other
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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