🪭 is the folding hand fan: an open paper fan, often pink or floral. It is the fan emoji — hot weather, hot flushes, flamenco and Japanese dance, the dramatic fan-snap…
🪭 is the folding hand fan: an open paper fan, often pink or floral. It is the fan emoji — hot weather, hot flushes, flamenco and Japanese dance, the dramatic fan-snap of drag culture — and “I’m a fan” punning. Added in Emoji 15.0 (2022), so older phones show a box. There is no electric fan emoji; 🌬️ wind face stands in. Heat: 🥵 hot face; dance 💃 dancing.
Unicode name: folding hand fan · U+1FAAD · Emoji 15.0 (2022) · group: Objects.
IN A MESSAGEheatwave 🪭🥵 fanning myself like a Victorian
How people use it
Heat: fanning yourself
Drama: the fan snap
Dance and culture: flamenco, Japan, China
Pun: “big fan”
Compare the options
Emoji
Name
Notes
folding hand fanU+1FAAD
Hand fan
hot faceU+1F975
Too hot
woman dancingU+1F483
Flamenco
kimonoU+1F458
Japanese dress
wind faceU+1F32C U+FE0F
Electric fan stand-in
Questions people ask
Is there a fan emoji?
🪭 folding hand fan, added in 2022. There is no electric fan.
Why can’t I see 🪭?
It needs Emoji 15.0 (iOS 16.4, Android 13 or newer).
What does 🪭 mean from a girl?
She is hot, being dramatic, or a big fan of something.
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