cherry blossom emoji
The cherry blossom emoji, or sakura emoji, depicts a pink cherry blossom with five petals and a yellow-orange center, commonly used to represent spring, beauty, and Japanese culture.
There are different emoji meanings for cherry blossom emoji in different cultures:
- Western culture
- Often used to signify spring, beauty, Japan, or gentle pleasantness.
- East Asian culture
- Especially in Japan, it symbolizes the transience of life, new beginnings (as it blooms at the start of the fiscal and school year), beauty, and fragility. It's deeply interwoven with Japanese aesthetics and philosophy (mono no aware).
