Waffle Emoji
Food
A golden-brown, crispy waffle featuring the classic deep-grid pattern created by a hot iron. It shows steam rising from the surface, suggesting it was served fresh and hot.
Usage Context
Used to talk about breakfast plans, weekend brunch outings, or comfort food cravings. Because of its grid texture, it is also frequently used to represent the concept of 'being caught in a grid' or to jokingly express indecision, as the waffle's complex shape makes it hard to choose where to start eating.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0, the waffle was highly requested by foodies who wanted a breakfast counterpart to the 🥞 pancake emoji. Its inclusion reflects the global popularity of the Belgian-style waffle in modern cafe culture.
Details
Glyph
🧇
Unicode
U+1F9C7
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9c7:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Food
Subcategory food-prepared
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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