The anniversary emoji people actually send
Couple with Heart is the closest thing to an official anniversary emoji: two people with a heart floating between them, in Unicode since version 6.0 (2010). Kiss is its more intimate twin. Both are drawn gender-neutral by default, and since Emoji 2.0 you can pick , or from the keyboard, with mixed skin tones since Emoji 13.1 (2020), so the couple in the message can look like the couple it is about.
Ring says the anniversary is a wedding anniversary, Clinking Glasses and Bottle with Popping Cork make it a toast, and Infinity turns the number of years into "forever". Red Heart is the plain, serious love that an anniversary message needs; and are lighter and more playful, and add a glow. Mending Heart is a quiet way to mark a year that was hard and that the two of you got through.
Happy anniversary emoji combos for a husband, wife or partner
Most searches are for a ready line to paste, so here is the shape that works: the couple or the ring, a heart, and the count. "Happy anniversary " is the all-purpose version; " years " or " " puts the number in. Keycap digits to and sit well in a line and read the same on every phone; for a first anniversary, nods to the paper tradition.
For a husband or a wife, warmth beats decoration: , for happy tears, for a card. Congratulating another couple is a different register, more and than kisses. For parents' or grandparents' anniversaries, or for a golden wedding feels right; add or when the couple renews their vows or marks the day in church.
Anniversary symbols by year: paper, wood, silver, gold, diamond
People also look for the anniversary symbols by year, the traditional gift for each anniversary. Emoji cover the famous ones: paper for the 1st, wood for the 5th, tin for the 10th, crystal for the 15th, china for the 20th, silver for the 25th, pearl for the 30th, gold for the 50th and diamond for the 60th. A "silver anniversary" post is , a golden one .
The silver and golden anniversaries are the old ones: the custom of a silver wreath at 25 years and a golden one at 50 is recorded in German-speaking Europe centuries before the rest of the list existed. The year-by-year list most English speakers know was fixed in the early 20th century and has been extended since with modern alternatives (clocks for the first year, diamond jewellery for the tenth), which is why two lists rarely agree.
Work anniversary emoji
A work anniversary gets the celebration without the romance: with the number of years, for applause, for the partnership, for the job itself, or for long service, for how far things have come. "Happy 10 year work anniversary " or "Congrats on 5 years " are the usual shapes; or is fine in a team chat, is not.
LinkedIn notifies your connections of your work anniversary, which is why the same phrases arrive in waves; a comment with one emoji, or , is plenty there. In Slack, Teams and Discord the emoji have shortcodes: :tada: for , :clap: for , :trophy: for and :champagne: for .
Anniversary emoji on iPhone, WhatsApp and Instagram, and the text symbols
On an iPhone or Android phone, open the emoji keyboard and type "couple", "ring", "cheers" or "heart" in its search field; is listed under "couple with heart". In Apple's Messages app the word "Congratulations" fills the screen with confetti on its own, so a plain "Congratulations on 20 years " gets an effect without any extra work. On WhatsApp, a or sent alone shows large; on Instagram, captions like 12.06.2014 with the wedding date are the common form.
Where colour emoji look wrong, in a username, a printed card or an engraved bio, use the text symbols: for forever, ღ for hearts, the genealogists' marriage symbol (two linked rings, in Unicode since 4.1), for a couple who never married, the Chinese double-happiness sign 囍 that decorates weddings and anniversaries, and as dividers. "10 years " or " 2014" says it in any font.
Symbols
144Click a symbol to copy it and open its page.
The anniversary emoji
The couple, the ring, the toast and forever: what people send first.
Anniversary symbols by year
The traditional gift material for each wedding anniversary.
Count the years
Keycap digits to spell out any number; 📅 and ⏳ for the date and the time gone by.
How to use them
6 situationsClick to copyAnniversary Emoji combos
15Worth knowing
- The silver (25th) and golden (50th) anniversaries are the oldest named ones: a silver wreath for the wife at 25 years and a golden one at 50 are recorded in German-speaking Europe long before the modern year-by-year gift list existed.
- Emily Post's 1922 Etiquette listed only eight anniversary materials: paper, wood, tin, crystal, china, silver, gold and diamond, with diamond for the 75th. Sixty years became a "diamond" anniversary after Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897 marked sixty years on the throne.
- Couple with Heart and Kiss arrived in Unicode 6.0 (2010) as a man and a woman; the gender-neutral drawings and the and keyboard variants came later, and mixed skin tones for the pair only in Emoji 13.1 (2020).
- Infinity has been a text character since Unicode 4.1 (2005); it only got an emoji picture in Emoji 11.0 (2018), the same year as Partying Face.
- is the Chinese character 囍 (shuāngxǐ, "double happiness"), two 喜 joined; it is pasted on doors and gifts for weddings and wedding anniversaries, usually in red.
Questions people ask
8How do I copy and paste anniversary emoji?
Tap or click any emoji on this page to copy it, then paste it into your message, card or caption. The combos copy as a whole line, and text symbols like paste anywhere, even where colour emoji are not shown.
What emoji to use for anniversary?
couple with heart, ring, clinking glasses, red heart and infinity are the core five. Add for a celebration, for flowers and the keycap digits to for the number of years.
Is there a happy anniversary emoji?
There is no single emoji named "anniversary". couple with heart is the one people use as it, usually with and : "Happy anniversary ".
What is the wedding anniversary emoji?
ring with couple with heart. wedding chapel, and work when the message looks back at the wedding day itself, and or mark a silver or golden wedding.
What are good anniversary emoji combos for my husband or wife?
for a simple one, for happy tears, for a card, and years with your own number. The couple emoji can be changed to , or on the keyboard.
What emoji do you use for a work anniversary?
with the number of years, for example "Happy 10 year work anniversary ". Leave the hearts and couples out; or is fine in a team chat.
What are the anniversary symbols by year?
Traditionally paper for the 1st, wood for the 5th, tin for the 10th, crystal for the 15th, china for the 20th, silver for the 25th, pearl for the 30th, ruby for the 40th, gold for the 50th and diamond for the 60th. In emoji: .
Is there an anniversary symbol for text?
Yes: for forever, ღ for hearts and the marriage symbol (two linked rings) are the usual ones; is the Chinese double-happiness sign. A line like "10 years " works in any font.
