Ginger root

Ginger root Emoji

Food

A knobby, beige-colored ginger rhizome shown with a small sprout growing from one end. It represents the raw, pungent spice used globally in culinary traditions and traditional medicine.

Usage Context

Frequently used in conversations about cooking, healthy smoothies, or tea. Because of its distinct shape, people often use it when discussing baking or as a thematic companion to the 🫚 emoji or the 🍪 cookie when talking about gingerbread. It is also a go-to for referencing digestion remedies or seasonal fall flavors.

History

Ginger root was added to the Unicode standard in 2023. Its inclusion follows a broader trend in emoji updates to better represent diverse global ingredients that were previously missing from digital recipe communication, bridging the gap between home cooking culture and mobile messaging.

Details

Glyph
🫚
Unicode
U+1FADA
Shortcode
:emoji_u1fada:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X
Category Food
Subcategory food-vegetable
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
ginger rootspiceyellowcookinggingerbreadrhizomefoodingredientbakingherbhealthyflavor

Twemoji Attribution

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

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