What 🀦 means
Spring is a bonus tile outside ordinary melds.
A set collected in China around 1868–76 already had all four seasons. A 1914 manual lists 16 “flower” bonus tiles across four themes.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsThey mention Spring in a Chinese-style hand
Usually set aside and replaced; the player seated East may get a matching-tile bonus.
They ask about Spring on an American card
Flower tiles are interchangeable, so Spring has no separate season score.
They mention Spring in a riichi note
Standard riichi omits seasons; Spring points to a variant or optional set.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does this mahjong Spring symbol look different?
Fonts draw the character differently, so its tile design can vary.
How to type 🀦
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1F026, then Alt+X to get 🀦.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “mahjong tile spring”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1f026, then Enter or Space.
HTML
🀦CSS
\1F026Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🀦
HTML hex
🀦
CSS content
content: "\1F026";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%80%A6
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.