Leafy green Emoji

Food

A fresh head of leafy greens with crisp, light green to white stalks and broad, dark green leaves. This emoji realistically mimics the appearance of a head of romaine lettuce, bok choy, or cabbage.

Usage Context

Widely used to discuss healthy eating, meal prep, or plant-based diets. It is a staple in messages about grocery shopping or cooking, and it often appears alongside other produce like 🥦 or 🥗 to emphasize fresh ingredients.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of the effort to diversify the food categories available for digital communication. Its inclusion acknowledged the growing global interest in vegetarian cooking and the need for more specific vegetable representations beyond generic salads.

Details

Glyph

🥬

Unicode

U+1F96C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f96c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD6C;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Food

Subcategory food-vegetable

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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

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