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 Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory plant-other

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

Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.

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