# 🪹 Empty nest emoji

🪹 Empty nest is an emoji in the other plants set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. Related words: branch, home and nesting.

- Emoji: 🪹
- Unicode name: empty nest
- Code points: U+1FAB9
- Category: Animals & nature, Other plants
- Added: Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- GitHub shortcode: :empty_nest:
- Keywords: branch, empty, home, nest, nesting
- Page: https://emojichart.com/empty-nest-emoji

## What it means

A bird's nest made of twigs and straw with nothing inside. It can stand for the empty nest feeling when grown children move out, and more generally for loss, waiting, a fresh start or a home that has been left behind.

## How to type 🪹

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “empty nest”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “empty nest”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “empty nest”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “empty nest”.
- GitHub: Type :empty_nest: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | nido vacío | anidación, anidamiento, anidar, nido vacío |
| Français (fr) | nid vide | branches, faire son nid, maison, nid, nid vide |
| Deutsch (de) | leeres Nest | Heim, leeres Nest, Nest, Nestbau, nisten, Vogelnest, Zuhause |
| Italiano (it) | nido vuoto | nidificazione, nido, nido vuoto |
| Português (pt) | ninho vazio | aninhando, galhos, lar, ninho, ninho vazio, passarinho, pássaro |
| Nederlands (nl) | leeg nest | leeg, nest, nestelen, tak, thuis |
| Svenska (sv) | tomt bo | rede, ruva, tomt bo |
| Polski (pl) | puste gniazdo | gniazdo, gniazdowanie, gnieżdżenie, ptasie, puste |
| Türkçe (tr) | boş yuva | boş yuva, dal, doğa, ev, kuş, yuva |
| Русский (ru) | пустое гнездо | гнездо, гнездование, домой, природа, птицы, пусто, пустое гнездо |
| Українська (uk) | порожнє гніздо | гілка, гніздечко, гніздо, гніздування, дім, порожнє гніздо |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άδεια φωλιά | άδεια φωλιά, κλαδί, σπίτι, φωλιά |
| العربية (ar) | عش فارغ | بيت, تعشيش, طائر, عش فارغ, فرع شجرة |
| עברית (he) | קן ריק | בית, בית ריק, ציפורים, קינון, קן, קן ריק |
| فارسی (fa) | آشیانه خالی | آشیانه, آشیانه خالی, پرنده, حیوانات, خانه, شاخه, طبیعت, لانه کردن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | खाली घोंसला | खाली घोंसला, घर, घोंसला, घोंसला बनाना, टहनी, नेस्ट, पक्षी का घर |
| বাংলা (bn) | শূন্য পাখির বাসা | খালি পাখির বাসা, পাখির বাসা, পাখির বাসা বাঁধা, বাসা, শূন্য পাখির বাসা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | sarang burung kosong | bersarang, cabang, ranting, rumah, sarang, sarang burung, sarang burung kosong |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tổ trống rỗng | làm tổ, tổ trống rỗng |
| ไทย (th) | รังนกเปล่า | ทำรัง, รังนก, รังนกเปล่า, รังเปล่า |
| 日本語 (ja) | 空っぽの巣 | 営巣, 巣, 巣作り, 空っぽの巣 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 빈 둥지 | 나뭇가지, 네스트, 둥지, 빈 둥지, 새둥우리, 집, 홈 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 空巢 | 家, 树枝, 空巢, 筑巢, 鸟巢 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 空巢 | 家, 樹枝, 空巢, 築巢, 鳥巢 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): leë nes
- Akan (ak): Ɛbuo a hwee nni mu
- Albanian (sq): fole bosh
- Amharic (am): ባዶ የወፍ ጎጆ
- Anii (blo): nɖaŋa fɔɩ
- Armenian (hy): դատարկ բույն
- Assamese (as): খালী বাহ
- Azerbaijani (az): boş yuva
- Bashkir (ba): буш оя
- Basque (eu): habi hutsa
- Belarusian (be): пустое гняздо
- Bosnian (bs): prazno gnijezdo
- Bulgarian (bg): празно гнездо
- Burmese (my): အသိုက်အခွံ
- Cantonese (yue): 空嘅雀巢
- Catalan (ca): niu buit
- Cherokee (chr): ᎧᏁᏍᏓᎳᎲᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): пушӑ йӑва
- Croatian (hr): prazno gnijezdo
- Czech (cs): prázdné hnízdo
- Danish (da): tom rede
- Estonian (et): tühi pesa
- Faroese (fo): tómt reiður
- Filipino (fil): bakanteng pugad
- Finnish (fi): tyhjä pesä
- Galician (gl): niño baleiro
- Georgian (ka): ცარიელი ბუდე
- Gujarati (gu): ખાલી માળો
- Hausa (ha): sheƙar da ba komai
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): Khaali nest
- Hungarian (hu): üres fészek
- Icelandic (is): tómt hreiður
- Igbo (ig): akwụ efu
- Irish (ga): nead fholamh
- Javanese (jv): susuh kosong
- Kannada (kn): ಖಾಲಿ ಗೂಡು
- Kazakh (kk): бос ұя
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بوس ۇيا
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញារូបសំបុកទទេ
- Konkani (kok): मेकळो घोंटेर
- Kyrgyz (ky): бош уя
- Lao (lo): ຮັງເປົ່າ
- Latvian (lv): tukša ligzda
- Lithuanian (lt): tuščias lizdas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): prozne gnězdo
- Macedonian (mk): празно гнездо
- Malay (ms): sarang kosong
- Malayalam (ml): ഒഴിഞ്ഞ പക്ഷിക്കൂട്
- Marathi (mr): रिकामे घरटे
- Mongolian (mn): хоосон үүр
- Nepali (ne): खाली गुँड
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ẹ́mtí Nẹst
- Norwegian (no): tomt rede
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): tomt reir
- Odia (or): ଖାଲି ବସା
- Oromo (om): koonyaa duwwaa
- Pashto (ps): تش ځاله
- Punjabi (pa): ਖਾਲੀ ਆਲ੍ਹਣਾ
- Quechua (qu): chusaq qisa
- Romanian (ro): cuib gol
- Romansh (rm): igniv vid
- Sardinian (sc): nidu bòidu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): nead falamh
- Serbian (sr): празно гнездо
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): празно гнијездо
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): prazno gnezdo
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): prazno gnijezdo
- Shan (shn): ႁၢင်းပဝ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): خالي آکيرو
- Sinhala (si): හිස් කැදැල්ල
- Slovak (sk): prázdne hniezdo
- Slovenian (sl): prazno gnezdo
- Somali (so): buul faaruq ah
- Swahili (sw): kiota tupu
- Tamil (ta): காலியான கூடு
- Telugu (te): ఖాళీ గూడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ባዶ ሰፈር
- Tongan (to): ngeʻesi pununga
- Turkmen (tk): boş höwürtge
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): prózdne hnězdo
- Urdu (ur): خالی گھونسلہ
- Uzbek (uz): boʻsh in
- Welsh (cy): nyth gwag
- Yoruba (yo): ibi ìyéeyin òfìfo
- Zulu (zu): isidleke esingenalutho

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FAB9` |
| HTML | `🪹` |
| CSS | `\1FAB9` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FAB9}` |
| Python | `\U0001FAB9` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AA B9` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DEB9` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AA%B9` |

## Questions

### What does the 🪹 empty nest emoji mean?

A bird's nest made of twigs and straw with nothing inside. It can stand for the empty nest feeling when grown children move out, and more generally for loss, waiting, a fresh start or a home that has been left behind.

### How do I type the 🪹 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “empty nest”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :empty_nest:.

### When was the 🪹 emoji added?

🪹 was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🪹?

U+1FAB9. In HTML you can write 🪹, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FAB9}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/empty-nest-emoji