North West Pointing Bud refers to an ornamental plant-like symbol concept associated with Unicode dingbat and emoji-era discussions rather than a mainstream approved emoji. It describes a small bud, leaf, or floral sprout angled toward the upper-left, combining a decorative botanical motif with a directional βnorth westβ orientation. Although the symbol concept may have been considered in the broader 2014-era expansion of pictographic and ornamental characters, it did not become an officially approved emoji with standard colorful emoji presentation. As a result, it is best understood as a Unicode-style decorative symbol candidate or text ornament, not an Apple emoji that users could select from the emoji keyboard.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was one of the "suggested emojis" the Unicode group unveiled in June 2014 [article], however, it has been, and still is, up to the companies who support emoji in their operating systems to provide not only images but also an algorithm to replace the emoji code into the emoji image.
