A sari, the draped garment worn by women across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and beyond, joined the emoji keyboard in 2019. Emojination pitched it the year before, arguing South Asian dress had gone unrepresented for a decade, and it now shows up for weddings, festivals, and any outfit photo worth dressing up for.
What 🥻 means
A two-piece orange outfit with a short-sleeved blouse, a long skirt for the bottom, and a deep orange veil with a yellow border going around the front and over the shoulder, thus free falling at the back.
The 🥻 Sari emoji, popularly known as 'saree' signifies traditional Indian-styled clothing and other countries. It represents the culture and aesthetics of the land apart from attributes like femininity, grace, and beauty.
How and when to use it
- If you're sharing useful videos of draping sarees, a handy tips list for beginners, or even a video about the different ways of sporting a saree, anything, you could use 🥻 in those contexts.
- While sharing informative posts about the clothing cultures of the countries that wear a saree as everyday attire, use 🥻.
- If you're texting someone about your decision to wear a saree for a special occasion or about how excited you wear one, etc, use 🥻. Like, "It's gonna be my FIRST time!! 🥻".
- The sarees trend generally goes wild during the festive seasons. And so, you can use 🥻 even while sharing posts on traditional festivities from countries that typically wear or choose to wear a saree.
Other Names
- 🥻 Saree
- 🥻 Shari
- 🥻 Draped Saree
- 🥻 Saree Draping
- 🥻 Indian Clothing
- 🥻 Traditional Indian Attire
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › clothing
- Codepoints
U+1F97B- Emoji version
- Emoji 12.0
- Shortcodes
:sari:- Keywords
- clothing, dress, sari
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 — 🥻 Sari or 🇭🇺 Flag: Hungary?