Category: Animals & Nature

🪹empty nest

🪹 empty nest belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

Meaning

An empty bird's nest, often representing a home where children have grown up and moved out.

Aliases

:empty_nest:

Keywords

branchemptyhomenestnestingempty nest

What does 🪹 empty nest mean?

This emoji depicts a bird's nest with no eggs or birds inside. It is often used to symbolize 'empty nest syndrome,' referring to the feelings parents may experience when their children grow up and leave home. Depending on context, it can also simply represent nature, birds, or the spring season.

Often used for

  • Talking about children moving out or going to college
  • Discussing 'empty nest syndrome' or parental feelings
  • Posting about bird watching or finding a real nest
  • Representing nature, spring, or wildlife
Tone: The tone can be bittersweet or nostalgic when referring to children leaving home, so it's often used in a reflective context rather than a purely celebratory one.

🪹 in real messages

  • dropped my youngest off at college today... officially an empty nest 🪹
  • found this old nest in the oak tree out back 🪹
  • the house is so quiet now 🪹
  • spring cleaning and found a bird nest in the gutter 🪹
  • can't believe both kids are out of the house now 🪹

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How 🪹 empty nest looks

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🪹 empty nest codes for developers

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Emoji🪹
Unicode codepointsU+1FAB9
HTML (decimal)🪹
HTML (hex)🪹
CSS\1FAB9
JavaScript\u{1FAB9}
JSON\uD83E\uDEB9
URL encoded%F0%9F%AA%B9
Shortcode (GitHub):empty_nest:

🪹 in other languages

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