What does ๐ฅ mean?
Wilted flower: sadness, a break-up, loss, a melancholy mood.
Its official Unicode name is WILTED FLOWER and its CLDR short name is "wilted flower" (in Hungarian: "hervadt virรกg"). It belongs to the Animals & Nature group and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- dying
- flower
- wilted
In Hungarian: hervadt, rรณzsa, virรกg
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ๐ฅ in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F940. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- WILTED FLOWER
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- hervadt virรกg
- English name (CLDR)
- wilted flower
- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Group
- Animals & Nature ยท plant flower
- Length
- 1 code point ยท 4 bytes in UTF-8 ยท 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :wilted_flower:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the ๐ฅ emoji mean?
Wilted flower: sadness, a break-up, loss, a melancholy mood.
How do I type the ๐ฅ emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "dying".
When was the ๐ฅ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.