Unicode approved this bare-branched tree back in 2024, and it took the better part of a year before it reached most keyboards. Off-season, it does duty for burnout, a rough stretch, or grief â states that feel more like a pause than an ending.
What ðŠū means
A bare, branching tree with no leaves at all â just trunk and empty limbs against the sky. The ðŠū Leafless Tree emoji is winter's answer to the evergreen ðģ: it covers dormant seasons, drought, dead wood, and landscapes that have gone quiet.
It's not only literal, either. A leafless tree reads as melancholy, endings, resilience, or waiting for spring â which makes it surprisingly expressive for a plant. Added in Emoji 16.0 (September 2024), it finally gave the emoji keyboard a tree for the other half of the year.
How and when to use it
- Season-setting for winter posts where a snowman would be too cheerful: "November walk: grey sky, cold hands, ðŠū everywhere. Loved it."
- Use it for drought, dieback, or environmental stories where ðģ would send the wrong signal. "Third dry summer in a row â the old oak is looking ðŠū."
- It carries mood well: endings, dormancy, quiet persistence. "Some seasons you bloom, some seasons you're ðŠū and that's fine too."
The lowdown
- Category
- Animals & Nature âš plant-other
- Codepoints
U+1FABE- Emoji version
- Emoji 16.0
- Shortcodes
:leafless_tree:Slack- Keywords
- bare, barren, branches, dead, drought, leafless, tree, trunk, winter, wood
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⥠Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first â ðŠū Leafless Tree or ðĒ Anger Symbol?