🪻Hyacinth emoji
Animals & Nature · Emoji 15.0

🪻Hyacinth Emoji

🪻 is a purple hyacinth flower, sent to talk about spring, gardens, or something blooming. It’s also a soft compliment — “you’re a breath of fresh air.

🪻 shows a hyacinth, a spring bulb flower with tight clusters of purple petals and a heavy, sweet scent.

Download PNG / SVG
Unicode
U+1FABB
Released
2022
Shortcode
:hyacinth:
Skin tones
No

⚠️ Added in Emoji 15.0. On phones older than iOS 17 / Android 14 it arrives as an empty box — the character exists, the artwork does not.

🪻
Your device
01 — Meaning

What does the 🪻 Hyacinth emoji mean?

In plain english
🪻 is a purple hyacinth flower, sent to talk about spring, gardens, or something blooming. It’s also a soft compliment — “you’re a breath of fresh air.” 🪻 sits in nature emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way. It also turns up in animal emojis and blue emojis.
Where it comes from
🪻 shows a hyacinth, a spring bulb flower with tight clusters of purple petals and a heavy, sweet scent. It’s one of the first blooms after winter, often given as a gift for new beginnings. Online, it’s used for spring aesthetics, garden photos, or as a gentle way to call someone beautiful.
Also known as

People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 13.

bloom emojibluebonnet emojiflower emojiindigo emojilavender emojililac emojilupine emojiplant emojipurple emojishrub emojisnapdragon emojispring emojiviolet emoji

People also look for it as lavender emoji, hyacinth flower emoji, violet emoji.

02 — Platforms

Hyacinth emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

The character you send is always U+1FABB. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.

Hyacinth emoji on Apple
Apple
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Hyacinth emoji on Google
Google
Android, Gmail, Chrome
Hyacinth emoji on Twitter / X
Twitter / X
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Hyacinth emoji on Facebook
Facebook
Facebook, Messenger
Hyacinth emoji on OpenMoji
OpenMoji
Open-source, design systems
Hyacinth emoji on Samsung
Samsung
Galaxy, One UI
Hyacinth emoji on Microsoft
Microsoft
Windows, Teams, Fluent
Hyacinth emoji on WhatsApp
WhatsApp
WhatsApp on Android
Hyacinth emoji on JoyPixels
JoyPixels
Slack, Discord themes
03 — Copy & codes

Hyacinth emoji copy and paste

Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :hyacinth:.

All emoji copy and paste →

In your code

Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1FABB.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🪻 Hyacinth emoji

Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1FABB when there is no key at all.

iPhone & iPad
Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “hyacinth”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.
Android
On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.
Windows & Mac
Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “hyacinth”.
Slack & Discord
Type the shortcode :hyacinth: and it converts to 🪻 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.
Websites & code
In HTML use 🪻, in CSS \1FABB, in JavaScript \u{1FABB}.
No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.
05 — Download

Hyacinth emoji PNG and SVG

Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.

Emoji PNG library →
06 — Combinations

Hyacinth emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around hyacinth for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

All combinations →
Cute hyacinth combos
Aesthetic hyacinth combos
Dark hyacinth combos
Party hyacinth combos
Love hyacinth combos
Cool hyacinth combos
Mood hyacinth combos
Flex hyacinth combos
Unhinged hyacinth combos
Soft hyacinth combos
Late night hyacinth combos
Summer hyacinth combos
Gaming hyacinth combos
Y2K hyacinth combos
07 — Emoji Kitchen

Hyacinth Emoji Kitchen stickers

Mixed with other emojis by Google's Kitchen — 14 of those stickers exist for the hyacinth. Tap any to open it full size.

Mix it yourself →
08 — In conversation

What 🪻 means from a girl or a guy

Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.

From a girl
A girl sending 🪻 is usually talking about spring, flowers, or a soft, feminine mood — new growth, self-care, or a fresh start. It can also be a sweet compliment to a friend, meaning “you’re blooming” or “you look lovely today,” with nothing romantic behind it.
From a guy
A guy sending 🪻 is more often literal — showing off a garden, a bouquet he bought, or a nice spring day. It can also tag along with a compliment, like calling a partner’s outfit or vibe “pretty,” though it’s used far less than by women.
How to reply
If someone sends you 🪻, you could reply with: “so pretty 😍,” “spring is finally here,” or “where’s that from?”
Used in a sentence
09 — Around the world

What 🪻 means in other countries

A flower emoji whose symbolism shifts by tradition — grief in one story, spring renewal in another, decor in daily use.

Reads the same almost everywhere
Persian Nowruz customs

the hyacinth is part of the Haft-Seen table, symbolizing spring and rebirth

Greek mythology

tied to the story of Hyacinthus, associated with mourning and remembrance

everyday captions

used simply to tag spring, gardens, or a gift of flowers, nothing symbolic

Before you send it: Fine for general spring or floral posts; the mythological weight rarely comes up in casual use.

10 — Apps

What 🪻 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

One code point, several readings — where the hyacinth lands changes how it is taken.

TikTok & Instagram
🪻 is a purple hyacinth flower, sent to talk about spring, gardens, or something blooming. It’s also a soft compliment — “you’re a breath of fresh air. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.
WhatsApp
WhatsApp draws 🪻 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🪻 in it is shown enlarged.
Discord & Slack
Both accept the shortcode :hyacinth:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🪻 looks different there than on your phone.
Outlook & email
Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🪻 from the copy button above.
12 — History

Where the 🪻 Hyacinth emoji came from

It arrived with the 15.0 release of the standard, which dates the hyacinth to 2022.

AppleiOS
Hyacinth emoji, Apple, iOS 16.4
iOS 16.4
Hyacinth emoji, Apple, iOS 17.4
iOS 17.4
Hyacinth emoji, Apple, iOS 18.4
iOS 18.4
Hyacinth emoji, Apple, iOS 26
iOS 26
Twitter / XTwemoji
Hyacinth emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 15
Twemoji 15
Hyacinth emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16
Twemoji 16
Hyacinth emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17
Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1FABB never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

2022
Added to the standard

Hyacinth was approved as U+1FABB and shipped in Emoji 15.0 (2022). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

Today
Drawn 9 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🪻 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

13 — FAQ

Hyacinth emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🪻 Hyacinth emoji mean?
🪻 is a purple hyacinth flower, sent to talk about spring, gardens, or something blooming. It’s also a soft compliment — “you’re a breath of fresh air.”
What does 🪻 mean from a girl?
A girl sending 🪻 is usually talking about spring, flowers, or a soft, feminine mood — new growth, self-care, or a fresh start. It can also be a sweet compliment to a friend, meaning “you’re blooming” or “you look lovely today,” with nothing romantic behind it.
What does 🪻 mean from a guy?
A guy sending 🪻 is more often literal — showing off a garden, a bouquet he bought, or a nice spring day. It can also tag along with a compliment, like calling a partner’s outfit or vibe “pretty,” though it’s used far less than by women.
How do you reply to the 🪻 emoji?
If someone sends you 🪻, you could reply with: “so pretty 😍,” “spring is finally here,” or “where’s that from?”
What else is the 🪻 emoji called?
Hyacinth is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “bloom emoji”, “bluebonnet emoji”, “flower emoji”, “indigo emoji”, “lavender emoji”, “lilac emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1FABB.
What is the Unicode code for 🪻?
The Hyacinth emoji is U+1FABB, added in Emoji 15.0 (2022). In HTML you can write it as 🪻, and in CSS as \1FABB.
How do I copy and paste the 🪻 emoji?
Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🪻 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :hyacinth: for Slack and Discord.
Does 🪻 look the same on every phone?
No. Hyacinth is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter/X, Facebook and OpenMoji all ship their own artwork for U+1FABB. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.