Basket Emoji

Objects

A woven, light-brown wicker basket featuring a large handle, shown either empty or containing white linens. It represents traditional handheld containers used for carrying goods, produce, or dirty clothes.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss household chores like laundry day, planning an outdoor picnic, or gathering items from a garden. It serves as a visual shorthand for domestic errands and is often grouped with emojis like 🧺 or food items like 🍎 and 🍞 to signify a meal.

History

Added in 2018 as part of Unicode 11.0, the basket was introduced to fill a gap in household object representation. Its design draws from classic, recognizable wicker patterns that have been used globally for centuries to organize and transport goods, moving from rural farming utility to modern suburban life.

Details

Glyph

🧺

Unicode

U+1F9FA

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9fa:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDFA;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory household

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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