White flower

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
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Animals
Subcategory plant-flower
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
white flowerjapanesespringblossomcherrydoilydonepaperstampwellhomeworkhanamarugradingexcellentflower icon

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.