U+1F026 "🀦" Mahjong Tile Spring Unicode Character

U+1F026 "🀦" Mahjong Tile Spring is a graphic symbol belonging to the Mahjong Tiles block, which was introduced in Unicode 5.1 to support digital representation of the tiles used in the traditional Chinese game of Mahjong. This specific tile represents one of the four seasons or flowers, often used as bonus tiles in the game, and its design typically features the Chinese character for "spring" or a visual motif associated with the season. In gameplay, the Spring tile does not belong to any suit and is instead drawn for its luck or scoring potential, adding a layer of thematic variety to the tile set. The inclusion of such tiles in Unicode allows for consistent text based representation across digital platforms, preserving cultural and gaming heritage in modern communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F026
Version Added	5.1
Name	Mahjong Tile Spring
Block	Mahjong Tiles
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🀦
HTML Hex Encoding	🀦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x80 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDC26
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F026
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\udc26

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other