🍀 Four Leaf Clover

The 🍀 Four Leaf Clover emoji belongs to the plants, filed by Unicode under Animals & Nature. People send it when the subject is 4, clover, four and four-leaf. Unicode also files it under irish, leaf, lucky and plant, which shows how widely it is read.

🍀 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Animals and Nature. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+1F340.

• A single 🍀 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about 4, clover, four and four-leaf.
• Often seen near ☘️ Shamrock, 🍁 Maple Leaf and 🌿 Herb.

The four-leaf clover is a rare deviation: roughly one plant in five thousand carries four leaves instead of three. The idea that it brings luck comes from Celtic tradition; the four leaves were later given a Christian reading as faith, hope, love and luck.

In Ireland the national symbol is explicitly the three-leaf clover, the shamrock – Saint Patrick is said to have used it to explain the Trinity. Strictly speaking, then, sending 🍀 on St Patrick’s Day is the wrong leaf; ☘️ is the right one.

• 🍀☘️ – Four Leaf Clover and Shamrock
• 🍀🍃 – Four Leaf Clover with Leaf Fluttering in Wind
• 🍀🪹 – Four Leaf Clover plus Empty Nest
• 🍀🍁 – Four Leaf Clover and Maple Leaf
• 🍀🌳 – Four Leaf Clover with Deciduous Tree
• 🍀🌵 – Four Leaf Clover plus Cactus
• 🍀🌾 – Four Leaf Clover and Sheaf of Rice
• 🍀🌿 – Four Leaf Clover with Herb

Easy to mix up with ☘️ Shamrock, 🍁 Maple Leaf or 🌿 Herb. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.