U+1F940 ยท emoji since 2016
The wilted flower droops where a fresh bloom would stand tall. It means heartbreak, sadness, fading love, or a mood that has seen better days.
It is a favorite of melancholy captions and breakup posts, beauty in decline and a little poetic despair.
In texting, ๐ฅ 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 ๐ฅ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Wilted Flower emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the wilted flower emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ๐ฅ 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.
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