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Flags

Leaves, as a have changed color and fallen from a tree in fall/autumn. Depicted as two or three golden-brown, almond-shaped leaves of various sizes, with stems up, as if falling down.

Commonly used to represent the season of <a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>, trees, and nature more generally.

Not to be confused with <a href="/leaf-fluttering-in-wind/">🍃 Leaf Fluttering in Wind</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Apple&rsquo;s design <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/fallen-leaf/">previously</a> featured two leaves. <a href="/google/android-7.0/fallen-leaf/">Google</a>, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/fallen-leaf/">Microsoft</a>, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/fallen-leaf/">Samsung</a>, and <a href="/facebook/1.0/fallen-leaf/">Facebook</a> all once featured a single leaf.

Fallen Leaf

A bug, or insect, generally depicted as a caterpillar, which becomes a <a href="/butterfly/">🦋 Butterfly</a>. Shown in full profile facing left, inching&nbsp;up on the back&nbsp;of its green, segmented, and&nbsp;textured body. Often featuring&nbsp;black stripes or yellow dots and tentacles on its head.

May be used to represent various insects, worms, and related animals. May also be used for&nbsp;metaphorical senses of bug.

Twitter&rsquo;s bug is purple. Apple&rsquo;s bug is hairy with a red head and legs and black stripes on its body. Facebook&rsquo;s&nbsp;bug also has a yellowish-orange head. <a href="/google/android-7.0/bug/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bug/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> bugs previously resembled an orange centipede or millipede, and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bug/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> had a cartoon-styled face with a purple nose.

A seedling, or a young plant, as a newly sprouted tree. Depicted as a tiny, light-green plant with a short stem and two leaves. Often shown freshly sprung from a small mound of brown earth.

May be used for various content concerning plant life. May also be used as a symbol of <a href="/spring/">spring</a> or representation of various types of new growth.

Not to be confused with <a href="/herb/">🌿 Herb</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Facebook&rsquo;s seedling <a href="/facebook/1.0/seedling/">previously</a> had three leaves.

Seedling

An evergreen tree, which keeps green leaves all year round. Depicted as a tall, dark green, cone-shaped tree with shaggy, layered leaves, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine">pine</a>&nbsp;or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fir">fir</a>, showing a brown trunk.

May be decorated in the form of a <a href="/christmas-tree/">🎄 Christmas Tree</a>. May also be used to represent various types of trees, forests, northern climates, nature, winter, and the <a href="/christmas/">Christmas season</a>.

Evergreen Tree

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous">deciduous</a> tree, whose leaves change color before shedding, as <a href="/fallen-leaf/">🍂 Fallen Leave</a>, in the <a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>. Depicted as a generic tree with a round, lush, leafy top and brown trunk.

May be used to represent various types of trees, forests, temperate climates, nature, and the seasons of <a href="/spring/">spring</a> and <a href="/summer/">summer</a>.

Deciduous Tree

A palm tree, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecaceae">tree-like plant</a>, as grows by the sea. Depicted as a palm tree&nbsp;with long, green, feather-like leaves and a tall, brown, segmented trunk.

May be used to represent beaches, tropical climates and cultures, summer fun, and vacations (holidays). As such, this emoji tends to spike in popularity during the <a href="/summer">summer</a> months.

Vendors&nbsp;implement a similar tree in their <a href="/desert-island/">🏝️ Desert Island</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s palm tree bears <a href="/coconut/">coconuts</a>, as Samsung&rsquo;s <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/palm-tree/">previously</a> did. <a href="/apple/ios-9.1/palm-tree/">Apple&rsquo;s</a> palm tree previously had more erect palms.

During the summer of 2024 this emoji became associated with then-Vice President of the Untied States Kamala Harris, referencing a viral clip of a speech made in May 2023 where she stated: &quot;You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.&rdquo;

Palm Tree

A cactus, a spiky plant that grows in very dry regions. Depicted as a light-green <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguaro">saguaro</a> cactus with two side arms covered in spines.

May be used to represent various succulents, <a href="/desert/">deserts</a>, Southwestern culture, or the Wild West.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s cactus is topped with three red flowers.

Cactus

An herb, a plant used in cooking or medicine. Depicted as a green sprig, as of basil, sage, or oregano, generally with five or seven leaves.

May be used for various content concerning cooking, herbal medicine, and plant life more generally. Occasionally used as slang for marijuana.

Not to be confused with <a href="/seedling/">🌱 Seedling</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Herb

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock">shamrock</a>, a clover-like plant. Depicted as a bright green sprig with three, heart-shaped leaves.

An emblem of <a href="/flag-ireland/">Ireland</a> and symbol of St. Patrick, said to use the shamrock to explain the Christian concept of the Holy Trinity. Commonly used on <a href="/st-patricks-day/">St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day</a> and in association with Irish culture and heritage.

Not to be confused with <a href="/four-leaf-clover/">🍀 Four Leaf Clover</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Shamrock

A four-leaf clover, a symbol of good luck. Depicted as a bright green sprig of clover, with four, heart-shaped leaves.

Not to be confused with the three-leaf <a href="/shamrock/">☘️ Shamrock</a>, though this emoji does tend to spike in popularity on&nbsp;<a href="/st-patricks-day">St Patrick&rsquo;s Day</a>.

Four Leaf Clover

The distinctive, star-shaped&nbsp;leaf of the maple tree. Depicted as a reddish-orange maple leaf, as has changed color in the fall/autumn, with five pointed segments.

Used as an emblem of Canada, featured on the&nbsp;<a href="/flag-canada/">🇨🇦 Flag of Canada</a>. Also used to represent trees and the season of&nbsp;<a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>&nbsp;more generally.

Microsoft&#39;s leaf was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/maple-leaf/">previously</a> yellow.

Maple Leaf

Leaves, as fluttering in a spring or summer breeze. Depicted as one or two green, almond-shaped leaves, with gray or blue motion lines, as if swirling in the air or as the wind blowing through the trees.

May be used to represent the season of <a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>, trees, and nature more generally.

Not to be confused with <a href="/fallen-leaf/">🍂 Fallen Leaf</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Leaf Fluttering in Wind

The reddish-brown, acorn-shaped chestnut, tapering to a sharp tip from its light brown base on most platforms. A popular roasted snack associated with autumn and Christmas.&nbsp;

May be used for other edible nuts (e.g., walnuts) or sexual slang.

Chestnut

A sweet potato&nbsp;depicted with textured purple, orange, or brown skin and sliced in half to show its golden-brown flesh. Sometimes called a yam, though they are unrelated.&nbsp;Not to be confused with the&nbsp;<a href="/potato/">Potato</a>.

Commonly roasted as a snack in East Asia during&nbsp;<a href="/winter/">winter</a>, much as squash and&nbsp;<a href="/jack-o-lantern/" title="🎃 Jack-O-Lantern">pumpkin</a>&nbsp;are popular in the United States during&nbsp;<a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>. Used as an offering to the <a href="/full-moon/">full moon</a> in Japan during the&nbsp;<a href="/moon-viewing-ceremony/">Moon Viewing&nbsp;</a>harvest festival.

Roasted Sweet Potato

The round, golden-brown pastry of a <a href="/flag-china/">Chinese</a> mooncake, a traditional delicacy and lunar symbol of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival">Mid-Autumn Festival</a>. Many platforms feature a design or character imprinted on the crust, and depict a slice cut out to show a brown paste with a duck egg yolk inside. Twitter displays the Chinese character for <a href="/fall-autumn/">&ldquo;fall/autumn&rdquo;</a> or &ldquo;harvest&rdquo; (秋) on top.

Moon Cake

A beautiful view, featuring an orange sky, with the sun setting over the buildings of a city skyline.

Sunset Over Buildings

A flame, as produced when something is on fire. Depicted as a red, orange, and yellow flickering flame.

Commonly used for various metaphorical expressions related to fire, including the slang hot (&ldquo;attractive&rdquo;) and <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/its-lit/">lit</a> (&ldquo;excellent&rdquo;).

<a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>&nbsp;displays&nbsp;🔥 Fire&nbsp;next to two users who are on a&nbsp;snapstreak, or have been messaging for more than three consecutive days.

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Fire

A Tanabata tree, a type of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_tree">wish tree</a> on which people hang wishes written on paper and other decorations during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata">Tanabata</a>, a Japanese festival celebrating two heavenly lovers. Depicted as one or two stalks of green bamboo, on which hangs one or more slips of paper, generally red.

Often used to represent various plants or as a green accent color.

Apple&rsquo;s design includes a yellow star decoration. Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/tanabata-tree/">previously</a> displayed a green branch with three, variously colored pieces of paper.

Tanabata Tree

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Emojipedia

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs, used by Google Messenger.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Emojis from early handheld devices from the late 1980s / early 1990s.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

SoftBank&nbsp;is a Japanese carrier&nbsp;which had its own emoji set for the years 1997&mdash;2016. SoftBank (known as J-Phone at the time) created the&nbsp;first emoji set known to be featured on an early mobile phone.

The SoftBank emoji designs&nbsp;heavily influenced&nbsp;<a href="/apple/iphone-os-2.2/">Apple&#39;s original emoji font</a>&nbsp;which was&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/apples-emoji-evolution-1997-2018/">designed to be compatible with this set</a>&nbsp;when launching in Japan, due&nbsp;to iPhone being a SoftBank-exclusive phone when first released.

SoftBank&nbsp;<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.softbank.jp%2Fmobile%2Finfo%2Fpersonal%2Fsoftware%2F20170120-02%2F&amp;edit-text=">announced</a> it would switch to using Google emoji designs from 2016, for&nbsp;phones supporting <a href="/google/android-7.0/">Android 7.0</a> or above. SoftBank no longer releases&nbsp;updates to this emoji set.

Early emoji designs from Japanese phone carrier Softbank (previously known as J-Phone)

🍂 Fallen Leaf on SoftBank 1999

🍂 Fallen Leaf on SoftBank 1999

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