Is there a weed emoji? The leaf emoji people use instead

Why there is no weed emoji

The Unicode Consortium accepts new emoji through proposals judged on expected usage, distinctiveness and whether they would work as a general symbol. A cannabis leaf has been requested many times since the first public proposal process opened, and none has been accepted; the plant’s legal status varies by country and the leaf would be a single-purpose symbol. As of Emoji 18.0 (2025) there is still no marijuana emoji, and no proposal is listed as pending. The emoji below are what people have settled on instead.

The stand-ins and what they mean

Emoji	Name	Notes
	maple leafU+1F341	The most common substitute because it is the only serrated leaf; also Canada and autumn
	herbU+1F33F	A green sprig; the second most used
	leaf fluttering in windU+1F343	Leaves and a breeze; “green” in general
	dashing awayU+1F4A8	Smoke; see the dashing away guide
	face in cloudsU+1F636 U+200D U+1F32B U+FE0F	Hazy, out of it; see face in clouds
	face exhalingU+1F62E U+200D U+1F4A8	Blowing smoke; see the sigh guide
	broccoliU+1F966	A slang stand-in, from its shape
	four leaf cloverU+1F340	Occasionally, for the leaf shape
	input numbersU+1F522	420 is usually typed as plain digits

Context does the work: 🍁 under a Canadian post is Canada and under a 4/20 post is not. Because these are ordinary emoji, none of them is filtered by platforms, though app rules about drug content still apply to the words around them.

Other “missing” emoji

Weed is one of several often-requested emoji that do not exist. The seahorse page covers the most famous case, and there is no acorn, no candy corn, no pickleball, no whistle and no dedicated Easter egg either. When you need one of these, the pattern is the same: pick the closest existing emoji and let the caption supply the rest.

Smoking weed emoji and stoner emoji combos

Because there is no single character for smoking weed, people pair a leaf with a smoke cue. The standard approach is 🍁💨 or 🌿💨, sometimes with 🔥 to suggest lighting up. The face in clouds emoji 😶‍🌫️ can add a hazy, out-of-it quality, while a smiley like 😊 next to the leaf works as a playful smiley. For a more explicitly stoned vibe, some use just 😶‍🌫️ on its own.

There is no dedicated stoner emoji, no pot leaf separate from 🍁, and no joint or blunt character. The leaf plus smoke reads clearly in context when the message is about smoking. The same pairing works for any cannabis reference, from a joint to a blunt.

Pot leaf and hemp alternatives

There is no official pot leaf emoji, so 🍁 is the usual stand-in because of its serrated shape. Hemp is a cannabis variety bred for fibre. Its leaf looks similar, and no separate hemp emoji exists, so the maple leaf often covers that meaning too.

A doobie is just another name for a joint. There is no rolled cigarette emoji, so the leaf-and-smoke combo is the closest you can get. If you want to be more literal, pair 🍁 with 🚬 (cigarette), and the context tells people what is meant.

Questions people ask