What 💐 means
Flowers in ritual are ancient: aromatic plants lined graves at Raqefet Cave in Israel 13,700–11,700 years ago, for reasons unknown, and Egyptian tombs held tied plant bunches over 3,000 years ago. Coded bouquets came much later: a French flower-language guide in 1819 started a fashion among lovers in Britain and America in the 1820s–1880s, where each bloom stood for a feeling, though meanings varied by book. The craze faded after World War I, and wedding florists revived it by the early 21st century.
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3Worth knowing
- 💐 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Is it okay to send the flower emoji for condolences?
It can be, where flowers suit the family's customs. Put 💐 beside a few personal words rather than alone, and leave out party emoji like 🎉, which can read as tone-deaf.
How to type 💐
:bouquet:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.💐Codes and encoding1 code points
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