🌸 Cherry Blossom

Emoji Meaning

The pink flower of a cherry blossom tree. Depicted as a single, light-pink cherry blossom with five, notched petals and red-tipped stamens in a yellow or white center.

A traditional symbol in Japan, where the flower is called sakura and celebrated in annual viewings.

Commonly used for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and other special occasions. May be more generally used to express such ideas as love and beauty. Also used as a pink accent color.

Not to be confused with 💮 White Flower and 🌺 Hibiscus, though their applications may overlap.

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