Ice Emoji

Food

A translucent, light blue cube with sharp edges, representing a solid block of frozen water. It captures the distinct look of an ice cube pulled from a tray or floating in a glass.

Usage Context

Used to describe cold weather, chilling drinks, or keeping things cool. It is also common internet shorthand for someone acting 'cold' or unbothered, or to indicate a need to 'break the ice' in a social situation. It is often paired with ❄️ or 🥤 to emphasize low temperatures.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0, this icon was created to meet the growing demand for beverage-related imagery and weather-specific icons that could represent frozen states beyond the traditional snowflake.

Details

Glyph

🧊

Unicode

U+1F9CA

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9ca:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDCA;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Food

Subcategory drink

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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