Fleur-de-lis emoji meaning

The fleur-de-lis emoji represents a stylized lily or iris flower and is closely connected to French history and culture. It has been an important symbol in heraldry, often used to represent royalty and nobility. The fleur-de-lis is associated with values like purity and light and has long been a symbol for France. Today, it still appears in various contexts, such as scouting organizations, coats of arms, and logos, where it reflects historical ties to French tradition and symbolism.

The fleur-de-lis emoji was approved in Unicode 4.1 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/13207