onion Emoji
🧅 · U+1F9C5 · Emoji 12.0
What does the onion emoji mean?
When cooking up a storm in the kitchen or referencing a recipe, individuals often reach for the 🧅 emoji, which represents an onion, a fundamental ingredient in many cuisines around the world, and can also be used figuratively to convey layers of meaning or to express that something is making them cry, while in slang, it may refer to something or someone that is annoying or irritating, adding a layer of complexity to its usage.
onion emoji examples
- just chopped up an 🧅 for the soup and now i'm crying
- this show is like an 🧅 it has so many layers
How to copy the onion emoji
To use the onion 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+1F9C5), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
onion emoji on different platforms
How the onion emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
onion Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🧅 |
| Name | onion |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Codepoints | U+1F9C5 |
| Shortcode | :onion: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 12.0 (2019) |
onion Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F9C5, added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :onion:.
People also search for the onion emoji as flavoring.