The sunflower emoji is the digital embodiment of sunshine—big, bright, and immediately mood-lifting. People drop it in texts to say “good morning,” celebrate glow-ups, or send a burst of gratitude without the whole paragraph. It’s peak summer energy, cottagecore-approved, and a go-to for plant moms, teachers, and anyone trying to radiate golden retriever vibes. Flirty version: pair it with “you’re my sunshine” or a compliment, and it lands like a warm hug.
On Apple/iOS, the sunflower shows a single front-facing bloom with saturated yellow petals in a subtle gradient, a chocolate-brown seed disk with tiny dot texture, and a short green stem sporting two crisp leaves. The head is slightly angled as if it’s reaching for light, and the clean, glossy shading gives it that photo-ready, postcard feel. No smiley face—just a perfect, studio-lit flower that pops in dark mode like a little sun.
Online, it doubles as a “keep growing” reaction, a cheery reply to good news, or a playful, slightly sarcastic “staying positive!!” when everything is chaos. It shows up in sunflower-field selfies, Post Malone “Sunflower” captions, and VSCO-era mood boards; art nerds will also think of Van Gogh, and Midwesterners might hear Kansas roll call. Toss it into birthday wishes, graduation congrats, eco posts about pollinators, or anytime you want to brighten the chat without blinding it with sparkles.
Definition
Sunflowers are named after the sun because they remind people of the sun. They are massive flowers that are yellow with pedals that look like sun rays. Sunflower seeds are very tasty and are a popular active eating treat. Baseball players love sunflower seeds because they can large quantities in their mouth to puff out their cheeks. The shells are removed from the edible seed in the mouth and spit out.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
639 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:sunflower:
Keywords
Sunflower, Sun, Flower, Seeds, Yellow
Previous Names:
Sunflower with Stem
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Plant Symbols
Editorial Comment
A yellow sunflower with stem and two leaves. You can find these in the Great Plains a Blaze.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Plant Symbols
Names & Annotations
SUNFLOWER
Symbol Information
U+1F33B proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-046
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ひまわり]
KDDI
#256 ひまわり 「himawari」 U+E4E3 SJIS-F6BC JIS-763E
Softbank
#97 #old275 ひまわり 「himawari」 U+E305 SJIS-F9A5
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e305
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E305
Decimal Code Point(s)
58117
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x8C 0x85
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 8C 85
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 214 205
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE305
UTF-16 Hex
e305
UTF-16 Dec
58117
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E305
UTF-32 Hex
E305
UTF-32 Dec
58117
Python Src
u"\uE305"
PHP Src
"\xee\x8c\x85"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE305"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🌻
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🌻
Decimal HTML Entity
🌻
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🌻
Hex Code Point(s)
1f33b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F33B
Decimal Code Point(s)
127803
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0xBB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C BB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 273
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF3B
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf3b
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57147
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F33B
UTF-32 Hex
01F33B
UTF-32 Dec
127803
Python Src
u"\U0001F33B"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\xbb"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF3B"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
