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🌸 Cherry Blossom Emoji

:cherry_blossom:
Category
Combos
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Unicode
U+1F338

📖 What does cherry blossom mean?

Five soft pink petals arranged around a pale center — the cherry blossom, or sakura in Japanese. In Japan, cherry blossoms mark the arrival of spring and are celebrated for being beautiful precisely because they don't last. That quality — fleeting beauty — is exactly what this emoji carries. Used for spring posts, Japanese culture content, soft aesthetic moments, and anything delicate and ephemeral. 🌺 Hibiscus and 🌷 Tulip are in similar territory, but 🌸 has its own cultural weight that neither quite matches.

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Cherry blossom was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

🔢 Technical Information

Emoji
🌸
Shortcode
:cherry_blossom:
Unicode Version
6.0 (2010)
Emoji Version
1.0 (2015)
Code Point
U+1F338
Category
Nature

💻 Developer Codes

Code PointU+1F338
HTML Hex🌸
HTML Dec🌸
JavaScript\u{1F338}
CSS\1F338
URL Encoded%F0%9F%8C%B8

🌸 Goes Great With

🦋butterfly

💬 How to Use 🌸

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🌸Soft days and softer vibes 🌸
🌸Everything is blooming again 🌸

🌸 Cherry Blossom vs 🌺 Hibiscus — What's the difference?

Both are pink flowers with soft, warm associations, but the cultural weight differs. 🌺 Hibiscus is tropical and bold — associated with warmth, summer, Hawaiian culture, and a more extroverted kind of beauty. 🌸 Cherry Blossom (sakura) is specifically Japanese in cultural origin — delicate, fleeting, and tied to the beauty of things that don't last. 🌺 works in beach content and tropical vibes; 🌸 carries a quieter, more bittersweet quality tied to spring and impermanence.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What does the 🌸 cherry blossom emoji mean?
The cherry blossom emoji represents spring, delicate beauty, and the Japanese concept of fleeting perfection. It's used for spring content, sakura season posts, soft aesthetics, and anything ephemeral and beautiful.
What does 🌸 mean in Japanese culture?
In Japan, cherry blossoms (sakura) represent the beauty of impermanence — things that are precious partly because they don't last. The annual bloom is celebrated with hanami (flower-viewing) gatherings, and 🌸 carries that cultural meaning into digital communication.
What does 🌸 mean in texting?
In texts and social media, 🌸 signals softness, springtime, or a gentle, aesthetic mood. It can also convey something delicate or fleeting — a moment, a feeling, or a new beginning.
Is 🌸 only used for spring?
Spring is the primary context, but 🌸 also appears in aesthetic posts year-round, particularly in East Asian beauty and lifestyle content, soft-girl aesthetics, and anything evoking gentleness or feminine grace.
What's the difference between 🌸 and 🌷?
🌸 Cherry Blossom is specifically sakura — culturally Japanese, ephemeral, and associated with spring in a particular way. 🌷 Tulip is a more general spring flower, often used for cheerful or colorful spring imagery without the specific cultural resonance of sakura.
How do I copy the 🌸 cherry blossom emoji?
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