U+1F38D · emoji since 2010
The pine decoration, or kadomatsu, is a traditional Japanese New Year arrangement of pine and bamboo. It means new beginnings and good fortune.
It marks the turning of the year and a wish for prosperity, a festive symbol of fresh starts.
In texting, 🎍 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 🎍 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Pine Decoration emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the pine decoration emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🎍 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.