Onion Emoji
This emoji shows an onion, an Asian herb with pungent, edible bulbs. It is commonly used in conversations related to cooking.
Onion is a fully-qualified emoji, part of Unicode 12.0 , introduced in 2019, and was added to Emoji 12.0 .
This emoji is part of the Food & Drink and is grouped with other Food Vegetable emojis. Part of the Unicode Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block. Introduced in 2019.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
Copy and paste the Onion emoji:
- 🧅
Codes & Encoding for the Onion Emoji
Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.
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Codepoint
U+1F9C5✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
🧅✓ Copied -
HTML (hex)
🧅✓ Copied -
CSS
\1F9C5✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{1F9C5}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%F0%9F%A7%85✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:onion:✓ Copied - Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
How to Type the Onion Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :onion: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :onion: (autocompletes to the emoji)
Onion Emoji on Different Platforms
How to Use the Onion Emoji
- Chopping an 🧅 for dinner
- That 🧅 smells strong
- Add an 🧅 to the salad