Watermelon Emoji

Food

A cross-section slice of a ripe watermelon, displaying a vibrant red triangular flesh, small black seeds, and a thick green rind.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent summer heat, refreshing snacks, or outdoor gatherings. It often acts as a shorthand for hot weather activities or as a playful, colorful addition to messages about vacations and healthy eating. It pairs well with other warm-weather icons like ☀️ or 🏖️.

History

Introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the watermelon emoji became a staple for mobile messaging as it provided a bright, recognizable visual for the quintessential summer fruit. It was adopted during the period when platforms were rapidly expanding their food and drink libraries to replace text-based food mentions.

Details

Glyph

🍉

Unicode

U+1F349

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f349:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF49;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Food

Subcategory food-fruit

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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