🪵

wood

Unicode: 1FAB5

Description

A brown-colored, circular disc with visible rings, typically representing a tree trunk cut cross-sectionally. It shows the natural concentric growth rings and outer bark.

Group:

Travel & Places > place-building

Status:

fully-qualified

Emotion:

Neutral. Generally used in contexts related to nature, construction, or materials.

Backstory

The Log emoji was introduced in Unicode 13.0 (2020) as part of a broader set of emojis representing natural elements, objects, and activities. It aims to provide a more specific visual for wood-related topics than previous more general tree or plant emojis.

Usage Examples

  • Talking about wood and carpentry: 'I need to get some logs for the fireplace. 🪵'
  • Referring to construction or materials: 'The cabin was built from sturdy logs. 🪵'
  • Discussing nature and trees: 'We found a fallen log in the forest. 🪵'
  • In gaming or survival contexts: 'Gathering logs to build a shelter. 🪵'

Cultural Differences

Western culture:

Commonly associated with forestry, woodworking, natural materials, or 'logging' in digital contexts.

East Asian culture:

Similar associations with nature, wood, and sometimes traditional crafts.