U+1F3DC "🏜" Desert Unicode Character

U+1F3DC "🏜" Desert is a pictorial representation of a barren landscape, typically featuring a golden sand dune and a solitary cactus under a bright sun or clear sky, symbolizing arid, hot, and dry environments. It is part of the Emoji 1.0 standard released in 2015 and belongs to the Travel and Places category, often used in digital communication to convey themes of isolation, adventure, heat, or travel to desert regions. The image is designed to be consistent across platforms, though minor variations in color and detail exist, such as the shape of the cactus or the intensity of the sun, making it a versatile symbol for both literal and metaphorical references to desolation or exploration.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F3DC
Version Added	7.0
Name	Desert
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
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 0x8F 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDFDC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F3DC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\udfdc

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
Emoji	Yes
Extended Pictographic	Yes