The yellow ribbon πŸŽ— is "Remember 0416" in Unicode

Somebody snagged the πŸŽ—character in honor of Sewol-ho.
A remembrance ribbon which commemorates the deadly ferry sinking that took more than 300 lives two years ago was designated as a computing text standard, the Unicode Consortium said Wednesday.
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The yellow ribbon, previously called the "reminder ribbon" under the code "1F397," changed its title to "Remember 0416" after an anonymous sponsor made a donation to the Unicode Consortium.
[Yonhap News | 'Sewol' ribbon listed as standard unicode]
You can see it right there at the Unicode consortium site:

Image: Yonhap
According to the site, this character was a "bronze" level item, meaning anybody willing to donate $100 could grab it. Not that I'm Scrooge McDuck or anything, but that makes the snag feel somehow less impressive. There's also this tidbit from the site:
There is no limit to the number of sponsors for a specific character at this level. Bronze sponsors are listed on the Unicode Consortium website with their characters, but do not have the option to include a hyperlink.
[Unicode Adopt-a-Character Submission Form]
You can see that some (like the unicorn πŸ¦„) already have two sponsors listed. I'm now on the edge of my seat wondering if some Japanese netizen is going to pick up on this and send in their $100 check to sponsor the ribbon on behalf of the "DOKDO IS TAKESHIMA" foundation.


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