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🎓🎓 Graduation Cap Emoji EmojiUnicode: 1F393
Represents graduation and education.
Released in First introduced in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0 and added to the Emoji 1.0 update in 2015.
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Meaning and Interpretation
"The 🎓 Graduation Cap emoji, also known as the mortarboard, symbolizes completing an educational milestone, typically graduation from high school or college. It represents success, academic achievements, and ceremonies celebrating the end of one's formal education."
Symbolism
- Achievement: The emoji represents accomplishment, specifically in the context of education.
- Transitions: It symbolizes a rite of passage from one life stage, such as studenthood, to another.
- Success: The 🎓 also often signifies future endeavors and potential, marking an important milestone in personal or professional development.
Common Usage Scenarios
- To congratulate someone on graduating from school or university.
- To represent academic success or learning milestones in a conversation, especially related to education.
- As an encouragement or motivation to someone embarking on an educational journey or important exam.
Usage Examples in Conversation
🎉 Finally graduated from university! I’m officially a graduate! 🎓 #ClassOf2023
Good luck on your finals, you’re going to crush it! 🎓
Can’t believe it’s the last day of school already. So proud of what we accomplished! 🎓
Congrats on your degree, you did it! 🎓
Wishing you endless success in your future, now that you’ve graduated! 🎓✨
Usage Guidelines and Etiquette
- Best used when celebrating or acknowledging someone's educational achievements or milestones.
- Appropriate during graduation season, but can also be used more generally to discuss educational success.
- Avoid using it when discussing failures or setbacks in education—it can come off as inappropriate in such contexts.