Cheese wedge

Cheese wedge Emoji

Food

A thick, triangular slice of yellow cheese featuring several round holes cut into its surface. It bears a striking resemblance to a classic block of Swiss cheese, specifically Emmental.

Usage Context

Used to talk about snacks, gourmet food platters, or to signal a love for dairy. In digital slang, it is frequently used in memes about being 'cheesy' or jokingly referred to as the favorite food of a mouse character, often alongside the 🐭 emoji.

History

Added in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, this emoji was introduced as part of the expansion of food-related icons to meet the high demand for more specific dietary options in messaging apps and social media platforms.

Details

Glyph
🧀
Unicode
U+1F9C0
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9c0:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category Food
Subcategory food-prepared
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
cheese wedgefoodcheddarswisscheesewedgeprepareddairysnackemmental

Microsoft Fluent License

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