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Referring to the vegetable onion
I need to buy some 🧅 for the soup.
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🚀 Emoji Details
🧅
Onion
The 🧅 Onion emoji depicts a bulb onion, typically shown as a round or slightly elongated shape with layers indicated by curved lines and a green sprout at the top. It is primarily used to represent o...
Meaning & Usage
The 🧅 Onion emoji depicts a bulb onion, typically shown as a round or slightly elongated shape with layers indicated by curved lines and a green sprout at the top. It is primarily used to represent onions, cooking, food, and flavors. More broadly, it can symbolize layers, complexity, or even things that cause tears (due to the onion's effect when cut). The emoji was introduced in Unicode version 13.0 in 2019. The onion is a widely cultivated vegetable and a staple ingredient in many cuisines around the world, making this emoji a recognizable and versatile symbol.
Usage Contexts
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Indicating the flavor of onion in food
This dish has a strong 🧅 flavor.
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Symbolizing layers or complexity
Understanding this issue is like peeling an 🧅, there are so many layers.
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Representing something that causes tears or sadness
That movie was such a tearjerker! 🧅😭
Platform Appearances
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Soğan
Türkçe
🇩🇪
Zwiebel
Deutsch
🇫🇷
Oignon
Français
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प्याज़
हिन्दी
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بصل
العربية
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Лук
Русский
🇵🇰
پیاز
اردو
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Bawang bombay
Bahasa Indonesia
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Hành
Tiếng Việt
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หอมหัวใหญ่
ไทย
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پیاز
فارسی
🇳🇬
Albasa
Hausa
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ሽንኩርት
አማርኛ
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Kitunguu
Kiswahili
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পেঁয়াজ
বাংলা
🇲🇲
ကြက်သွန်နီ
မြန်မာ
🇺🇿
Piyoz
Oʻzbek
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कांदा
मराठी
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ఉల్లిపాయ
తెలుగు
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Brambang Bombai
Jawa
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Pîvaz
Kurdî
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Sibuyas
Filipino
Usage Tips
Use with food emojis
Combine the 🧅 emoji with other food emojis to describe a meal or recipe.
Expressing complexity
Use the 🧅 emoji metaphorically to represent situations or topics with multiple layers.
Combining with tear emojis
Pair with crying or sad emojis to emphasize the tear-inducing effect of something (literal or figurative).
Developer Codes
U+1F9C5
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