Eggplant Emoji
Food
A deep purple eggplant with a green stem, depicted in a stout, oblong shape. While it is botanically a nightshade, its form has become one of the most recognizable icons in digital communication.
Usage Context
Though intended as a simple produce item for recipes or grocery lists, it is almost exclusively used in modern messaging to represent sexual innuendo. It is frequently sent alongside the peach emoji to signal flirtatious intent or explicit conversation.
History
Included in the initial wave of Japanese emoji sets, the eggplant was originally meant to represent a standard food item. Its shift into a ubiquitous piece of internet slang took hold in the early 2010s, eventually forcing platforms like Instagram to temporarily restrict its use in search and hashtag functions to curb inappropriate content.
Details
Glyph
🍆
Unicode
U+1F346
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f346:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Food
Subcategory food-vegetable
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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