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tanabata tree

A bamboo tree decorated with colourful paper strips and hanging ornaments, representing the Japanese Tanabata festival

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Code points
U+1F38B
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Meaning

A bamboo tree decorated with colourful paper strips and hanging ornaments, representing the Japanese Tanabata festival. It commonly conveys celebration, wishes, or festive summer traditions, and is often used in messages about Japanese culture, festivals, or making a wish. It can also appear in general decorative or celebratory contexts. Because it depicts a specific cultural observance, its use outside that context may be unclear to some readers, so it is often paired with text clarifying the occasion.

Tanabata tree — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F38B
Unicode name
tanabata tree
Category
ActivitiesEvents
Unicode
6.0 · 2010Emoji 0.6
Keywords
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Developer

Single code point
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F38B
Unicode nametanabata tree
UTF-8F0 9F 8E 8B
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):tanabata_tree:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🎋
HTML (decimal)🎋
CSS\1F38B
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F38B}
Python\U0001F38B
Perl\x{1F38B}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F38B}
Encodings
Punycodexn--fk8h
URL escape code%F0%9F%8E%8B

Frequently asked

What does 🎋 tanabata tree mean?

A bamboo tree decorated with colourful paper strips and hanging ornaments, representing the Japanese Tanabata festival. It commonly conveys celebration, wishes, or festive summer traditions, and is often used in messages about Japanese culture, festivals, or making a wish. It can also appear in general decorative or celebratory contexts. Because it depicts a specific cultural observance, its use outside that context may be unclear to some readers, so it is often paired with text clarifying the occasion.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🎋 tanabata tree?

U+1F38B (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :tanabata_tree:

Which emojis are related to 🎋 tanabata tree?

🎉 party popper, 🎁 wrapped gift, 🎈 balloon, 🎃 jack-o-lantern, 🎄 Christmas tree, 🎆 fireworks, 🎇 sparkler, 🧨 firecracker