coral
Unicode: 1FAB8
Description
A brown rock, often depicted with a roughly spherical or irregular shape and a textured surface. It typically represents a natural stone or a boulder.
Group:
Animals & Nature > animal-marine
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, or subtly conveying groundedness, stability, hardness, and natural authenticity.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 13.0 (2020) as part of a broader effort to expand the range of natural objects and elements available in the emoji set. It fills a basic need for representing generic rocks in digital communication.
Usage Examples
- Describing scenery: 'Hiking through the mountains, saw so many interesting rocks! 🪨'
- Figurative use for stability: 'She's been my rock through all these tough times. 🪨'
- Indicating something hard or strong: 'This material is as hard as a rock. 🪨'
- Gardening or landscaping context: 'Planning to add some decorative rocks to the garden. 🪨'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used literally to represent rocks, stones, geological features, or as a metaphor for strength, stability, or being 'rock solid'.
East Asian culture:
Similar literal uses; can also appear in contexts relating to nature, meditation, or as an element in garden aesthetics (like rock gardens).