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Celebrating Chinese New Year or other East Asian festivals
Happy Chinese New Year! 🏮 May this year bring you joy and prosperity.
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Red paper lantern
The 🏮 Red Paper Lantern emoji depicts a traditional East Asian lantern, typically red in color and often featuring decorative tassels. It is commonly used to represent festivals, celebrations, and tr...
Meaning & Usage
The 🏮 Red Paper Lantern emoji depicts a traditional East Asian lantern, typically red in color and often featuring decorative tassels. It is commonly used to represent festivals, celebrations, and traditional East Asian culture, particularly Chinese and Japanese culture. The lantern symbolizes prosperity, good fortune, and warmth. It can also be used more generally to represent light, hope, and guidance. The Red Paper Lantern emoji was introduced in Unicode version 6.0 in 2010.
Usage Contexts
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Representing traditional East Asian culture or aesthetics
I love the traditional Japanese architecture with the beautiful lanterns. 🏮
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Symbolizing light and hope in a dark or uncertain situation
Even in the darkest of times, there's always a light to guide us. 🏮
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Indicating a festive or celebratory atmosphere
Let's decorate with lanterns and celebrate! 🏮
Platform Appearances
ℹ️ All images shown are from open-licensed sources (Apache 2.0, MIT, CC-BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0) and are free to use.
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View in Other Languages
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Kırmızı kağıt fener
Türkçe
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Rote Papierlaterne
Deutsch
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Lampion rouge
Français
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लाल काग़ज़ी लालटेन
हिन्दी
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فانوس بورق أحمر
العربية
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Красный бумажный фонарик
Русский
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سرخ کاغذی لالٹین
اردو
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Lampion merah
Bahasa Indonesia
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Đèn lồng giấy màu đỏ
Tiếng Việt
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โคมไฟแดง
ไทย
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فانوس کاغذی قرمز
فارسی
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Fitilar Takarda
Hausa
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ሬድ ፔፐር መብራት
አማርኛ
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Taa Nyekundu ya Karatasi
Kiswahili
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লাল কাগজের লণ্ঠন
বাংলা
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စက္ကူမီးအိမ် အနီ
မြန်မာ
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Qizil qog‘ozli lampa
Oʻzbek
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लाल कागदाचा कंदील
मराठी
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ఎరుపు లాంతరు
తెలుగు
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Lampion Abang
Jawa
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Fenera kaxezê ya sor
Kurdî
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Pulang Parol na Papel
Filipino
Usage Tips
Use with other East Asian emojis
Combine the 🏮 Red Paper Lantern with other emojis like 🐉 (dragon), 🍜 (steaming bowl), or 🎎 (Japanese dolls) to create a more complete representation of East Asian culture.
Use to convey a festive or celebratory mood
The lantern emoji is perfect for indicating a joyous or celebratory occasion. Use it in messages about parties, festivals, or special events.
Be mindful of cultural context
While generally positive, be aware of the specific cultural significance of lanterns in different East Asian countries and use the emoji respectfully.
Developer Codes
U+1F3EE
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