dead rose emoji (🥀)

What does the dead rose (🥀) emoji mean?

The dead rose (🥀), also known as the wilted rose or wilted flower, is an emoji commonly used to signify heartbreak, or romantic loss. It has often been used as a replacement for the broken heart emoji (💔), which was seen as overused.

Examples of the dead rose (🥀) emoji

💔 became mainstream so we changed to 🥀
—Reddit, 10 Mar. 2025

That dead rose emoji genuinely makes me lose brain cells every time I see it
—X (formerly Twitter), 23 Sept. 2025

We changed from 🤣-💀-😭🙏-💔-🥀-🪫
—tiktok.com, Mar. 2025

Where does the dead rose (🥀 ) emoji come from?

This particular emoji has been around since 2016. It had a surge in popularity early in 2025 when it began being used as replacement for the broken heart emoji, which was seen by some internet users as too mainstream.

How is the dead rose (🥀 ) emoji used?

The dead rose emoji is used earnestly by some people, and mockingly by others. While it has been suggested that 🥀 is now preferable to 💔 to signify romantic loss, internet culture can be fickle, and many people who use such characters have now adopted the low battery emoji (🪫) as a replacement for the 🥀