Sunflower emoji 🌻
🌻 is the sunflower: a big yellow bloom with a brown centre. It means warmth, cheer and summer — a sunny personality, garden posts, the sunflower aesthetic — and since…
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What the sunflower 🌻 emoji means
🌻 is the sunflower: a big yellow bloom with a brown centre. It means warmth, cheer and summer — a sunny personality, garden posts, the sunflower aesthetic — and since 2022 support for Ukraine, whose national flower it is, often with 🇺🇦. Original 2010 emoji. It is the brightest of the flower emoji and a fixture of the yellow palette with 🐝 bee and ☀️.
Unicode name: sunflower · U+1F33B · Emoji 0.6 (original set) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Cheer: compliments, sunny moods
- Summer gardens: fields and bouquets
- Ukraine: solidarity with 🇺🇦
- Yellow aesthetic: with 💛 ☀️
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| sunflowerU+1F33B | Cheer, Ukraine | |
| blossomU+1F33C | Daisy, small yellow flower | |
| sunU+2600 U+FE0F | Sun | |
| honeybeeU+1F41D | Pollinator | |
| flag: UkraineU+1F1FA U+1F1E6 | Ukraine |
Questions people ask
What does the sunflower emoji mean?
Warmth and cheer, summer, or solidarity with Ukraine.
What does 🌻 mean from a guy?
A warm compliment — you brighten his day.
Why is the sunflower linked to Ukraine?
It is Ukraine’s national flower and became a symbol of support after the 2022 invasion.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
