๐ง Onion emoji meaning
๐ง shows a whole golden-brown onion bulb with a small sprout on top. It is used for cooking, recipes and grocery lists, and for the familiar joke about onions making you cry. People also write "who's cutting onions" with it when something touching makes them tear up. Because onions have layers, it can describe a person or situation that is more complex than it first seems.
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๐ง How people use it
- Sharing a recipe or listing ingredients
- Joking that a sad or sweet video made you cry
- Saying someone or something has many layers
Example messages
This video got me, who is cutting onions in here ๐ง
Need to grab garlic and an onion ๐ง for dinner
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Emoji details
| Name | onion |
|---|---|
| Codepoints | U+1F9C5 |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Keywords | flavoring |
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What does the ๐ง onion emoji mean?
๐ง shows a whole golden-brown onion bulb with a small sprout on top. It is used for cooking, recipes and grocery lists, and for the familiar joke about onions making you cry. People also write "who's cutting onions" with it when something touching makes them tear up. Because onions have layers, it can describe a person or situation that is more complex than it first seems.
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