🎋 Tanabata tree
🎋 Emoji meaning
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🎋 Meaning
Traditional Japanese tanabata tree. It is utilized to attach written wishes to it. On the day of the festival, two stars meet each other in the sky: according to Chinese tradition, two lovers who are separated by the Milky Way for the rest of the year.
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Commonly confused with
Direction Variant
Tanabata tree vs herb; leafy branches hanging down can look like stylized foliage.
Same Shape
Pine decoration vs tanabata tree; both traditional Japanese New Year/Tanabata decorations.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Tanabata tree” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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