U+1F38E ยท emoji since 2010
The Japanese dolls are the ornate emperor and empress figures of Hinamatsuri, the doll festival. It means tradition and celebration.
It marks Girls' Day in Japan, a wish for the health and happiness of young girls, displayed with care each spring.
In texting, ๐ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and ๐ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Japanese Dolls emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the japanese dolls emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ๐ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.