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Think Dutch flower fields and the legend of Tulip Mania; the tulip emoji also tags travel snaps from Amsterdam or Keukenhof and serves as a universal “I brought you something pretty, digitally.” It’s instantly at home in Mother’s Day captions, spring announcements, Easter brunch invites, and those “currently frolicking in a field” humblebrags.

On Apple devices, it appears as a single pink‑magenta bloom on a long green stem, with two smooth leaves hugging either side. The petals are semi‑closed with glossy gradient shading and a slight angle—like it’s posing for a tasteful spring headshot. No vase, no extras; just a clean, camera‑ready flower.

As a messaging vibe, it’s the soft‑launch of affection—sweet, simple, unmistakably spring. People drop it in texts to say “thinking of you,” to pretty up a caption, or to float a gentle flirt that doesn’t scream bouquet‑on‑the‑porch energy. It thrives in cottagecore and coquette aesthetics, often scattered across pastel‑heavy feeds, and it pairs nicely with compliments, apologies, and “you got this” pep talks. In ironic mode, toss a tulip after a spicy take to soften the blow—basically handing the timeline a tiny apology flower.

Definition

A tulip flower with leaves. Best when planted in large groups and can come in many different colors. Grows from a blub, blooms in the spring and returns year after year (perennial). Order women, Bruce Willis, and the Easter bunny love tulips. The Easter bunny probably loves tulips because they look like a large colored egg on a stick.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. 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.
2. 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)	317 of 2393
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Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:tulip:
Keywords	Tulip, Flower, Bulb, Spring, Easter
Previous Names:	Pink Tulip

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Plant Symbols

Editorial Comment

A closed pink tulip with two green leaves.

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Nature
Unicode Subcategory	Plant Symbols
Names & Annotations	TULIP
Symbol Information	U+1F337 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-03D

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#Exp.56 'Tulip' チューリップ 「chiyuuritsupu」 U+E743 SJIS-F9E8 JIS-763F
KDDI	#113 花 U+E4E4 SJIS-F6BD JIS-763F
Softbank	#92 #old274 チューリップ 「chiyuuritsupu」 U+E304 SJIS-F9A4

Emoji Character Encoding Data

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)	1f337
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F337
Decimal Code Point(s)	127799
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0xB7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 8C B7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 214 267
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83C 0xDF37
UTF-16 Hex	d83cdf37
UTF-16 Dec	55356 57143
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F337
UTF-32 Hex	01F337
UTF-32 Dec	127799
Python Src	u"\U0001F337"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x8c\xb7"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83C\uDF37"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)