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 Google
Category Animals
Subcategory plant-other
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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