Carp Streamer

Unicode lists 🎏 Carp Streamer among the celebrations in the Activities group. It usually appears in messages about carp, celebration and streamer.

You can drop 🎏 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Fantasy and Fairy Tales. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F38F.

• A single 🎏 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about carp, celebration and streamer.
• Often seen near 🎍 Pine Decoration, 🎐 Wind Chime and 🎎 Japanese Dolls.

Koinobori are carp-shaped windsocks flown in Japan for Kodomo no Hi on 5 May, Children’s Day. Traditionally the large black carp stands for the father, the red one for the mother, smaller ones for the children.

The carp is a byword for perseverance: a Chinese legend has it swimming up the Yellow River and turning into a dragon at the Dragon Gate.

• 🎏🎍 – Carp Streamer and Pine Decoration
• 🎏🎑 – Carp Streamer with Moon Viewing Ceremony
• 🎏🎐 – Carp Streamer plus Wind Chime
• 🎏🎈 – Carp Streamer and Balloon
• 🎏🧧 – Carp Streamer with Red Envelope
• 🎏🎉 – Carp Streamer plus Party Popper
• 🎏🎋 – Carp Streamer and Tanabata Tree
• 🎏🎀 – Carp Streamer with Ribbon

Easy to mix up with 🎍 Pine Decoration, 🎐 Wind Chime or 🎎 Japanese Dolls. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.