Egg Emoji
Food
A smooth, oval-shaped white egg. It depicts a standard bird egg, typically associated with chicken eggs found in a kitchen or grocery store.
Usage Context
Frequently used to represent breakfast foods, baking, or the act of cooking. Beyond the kitchen, it is commonly sent during the spring season to reference Easter traditions or, in gaming culture, to describe a hidden feature or 'easter egg' discovered in software. It is often paired with 🍳 or 🥓 to signal a morning meal.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016, this emoji was part of a push to expand the food category to include more basic staples of the human diet. It gained quick popularity as a way to denote fragility, potential, or the literal hiding of secrets in online discussions.
Details
Glyph
🥚
Unicode
U+1F95A
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f95a:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Food
Subcategory food-prepared
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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