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🎋Tanabata Tree Emoji
🎋 tanabata tree is encoded at U+1F38B and shipped with Unicode 6.0 (2010). Unicode files it under Activities → Events & Holidays, alongside 20 related emojis.
What 🎋 tanabata tree means
Holidays and celebrations, plus a Japanese seasonal calendar most Western users never touch: 🎋 tanabata tree, 🎍 pine decoration, 🎎 dolls, 🎏 carp streamer and 🎑 moon viewing all came from the carrier sets. Elsewhere 🎉 and 🎊 announce good news, 🎃 and 🎄 do the two biggest holidays, and ✨ wraps a phrase in sarcasm or emphasis.
Unicode tags this one banner, celebration and japanese and files it under Activities → Events & Holidays.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F38B | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 🎋 | |
| HTML decimal | 🎋 | |
| CSS | \1F38B | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F38B} | |
| Python | \U0001F38B | |
| Java / C# | \uD83C\uDF8B | |
| Rust | \u{1f38b} | |
| Swift | \u{1F38B} | |
| PHP | \u{1F38B} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%8E%8B | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8E 8B | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83C DF8B | |
| Base64 | 8J+Oiw== | |
| Decimal | 127883 | |
| Introduced | Unicode 6.0 (2010) | |
Keywords
- banner
- celebration
- japanese
- tanabata
- tree
Appears in these collections
How to type 🎋
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “tanabata tree”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “banner”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type1f38band Enter. - HTML — paste
🎋.
How 🎋 renders
The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.
- 🎋Apple
- 🎋Segoe
- 🎋Noto
- 🎋System
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🎋 tanabata tree emoji mean?+
🎋 is the tanabata tree emoji, tagged banner, celebration and japanese. Holidays and celebrations, plus a Japanese seasonal calendar most Western users never touch: 🎋 tanabata tree, 🎍 pine decoration, 🎎 dolls, 🎏 carp streamer and 🎑 moon viewing all came from the carrier sets. Elsewhere 🎉 and 🎊 announce good news, 🎃 and 🎄 do the two biggest holidays, and ✨ wraps a phrase in sarcasm or emphasis.
What is the Unicode code for 🎋?+
tanabata tree is U+1F38B. In HTML that is 🎋, in CSS \1F38B, and in JavaScript \u{1F38B}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the 🎋 emoji added?+
tanabata tree got its emoji presentation in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.
Related emojis
More emojis from Events & Holidays in Activities.
Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as 🎋 tanabata tree.