basket Emoji
🧺 · U+1F9FA · Emoji 11.0
What does the basket emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Warmth and coziness are conveyed by the wicker basket emoji, which literally represents a traditional container made of woven material, often used for carrying or storing items like food, clothes, or other personal belongings, and its figurative uses include symbolizing a picnic or a gift, while slang uses are less common but may imply a collection or assortment of things, such as a basket of skills or a basket case, although the emoji itself is more likely to be used in a literal sense, like laundry or a picnic basket. The basket emoji is also associated with domesticity and everyday life. Its meaning can be extended to represent a container for carrying or holding things. The emoji can also be used to represent a hamper.
How the basket emoji is used
Texting and social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok are where the basket emoji is often used, particularly in captions for posts about food, outdoor activities, or home organization, with a tone that is usually casual and friendly, and may vary depending on the context, such as a picnic or a laundry day, and the platform's audience, with younger users on TikTok using it more playfully, while older users on Instagram may use it more literally. The emoji can be used to add a touch of warmth and coziness to a message or post. The tone of the emoji can also be nostalgic or sentimental, evoking memories of traditional or homemade items. The basket emoji is also used in comments to respond to posts about everyday life or domestic activities.
basket emoji examples
- Just did my laundry and now my basket is empty 🧺
- Packing a basket for our picnic in the park 🧺
How to copy the basket emoji
To use the basket emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F9FA), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
basket emoji on different platforms
How the basket emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
basket Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🧺 |
| Name | basket |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1F9FA |
| Shortcode | :basket: |
| Emoji version | 11.0 |
| Unicode version | 11.0 |
basket Emoji FAQ
Warmth and coziness are conveyed by the wicker basket emoji, which literally represents a traditional container made of woven material, often used for carrying or storing items like food, clothes, or other personal belongings, and its figurative uses include symbolizing a picnic or a gift, while slang uses are less common but may imply a collection or assortment of things, such as a basket of skills or a basket case, although the emoji itself is more likely to be used in a literal sense, like laundry or a picnic basket. The basket emoji is also associated with domesticity and everyday life.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🧺 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F9FA, introduced in Emoji version 11.0 (Unicode 11.0). Its shortcode is :basket:.
People also search for the basket emoji as farming, laundry, picnic.