Cherry blossom Emoji

Animals

A vibrant, five-petaled pink flower in full bloom, designed to look like a sakura blossom. It captures the distinct shape and soft color of cherry tree flowers that emerge every spring.

Usage Context

Used to celebrate the arrival of spring, beauty, or Japanese culture. It is frequently sent during the blooming season to show appreciation for nature or to add a decorative, cheerful touch to messages, often alongside other floral icons like 🌺 or 🌼.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the cherry blossom icon was popularized by early Japanese mobile phone carriers. It represents the cultural practice of 'hanami'—the tradition of viewing flowers—which has been a staple of Japanese social life for centuries.

Details

Glyph

🌸

Unicode

U+1F338

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f338:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF38;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory plant-flower

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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