The Meaning Of Flowers In K-Dramas: 5 Symbols You Need To Know

Flowers have always been meaningful in fiction and often take up considerable significance in any narrative. If you have been watching K-Dramas for a while now, you'll know that a commonly used symbol for conveying love, friendship, confessions or proposals, separation or reunion, and much more is flowers. As a matter of fact, the language of flowers is a popular metaphor/narrative device that speaks louder than words and at times, even drives the plot.

If you're a new K-Drama fan, you must have noticed the motif of flowers popping up every now and then, especially in romance dramas. Here are the meanings of 5 flowers that are frequently used as symbols in K-Dramas!

 

1. Cherry Blossoms

When it comes to the language of flowers, cherry blossoms have a multifaceted nature. While the general meaning of cherry blossoms is purity and ephemeral beauty, in K-Dramas, they stand for the beginning of love. In "Goblin", for example, Ji EunTak (Kim GoEun) tells Kim Shin (Gong Yoo) that if you catch a falling cherry blossom, your first love will come true. They're also often used to denote transience and as such, inspire one to seize the moment.  Cherry blossoms are the most common flowe