🌶 Hot Pepper Emoji Meaning

Published 24 november 2025 | By Wolter Hej

Emoji	Name	Meaning	Category	Codepoint	Shortcodes
🌶	Hot Pepper	Represents spicy food or heat	Food & Drink	U+1F336	:hot_pepper:

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Meaning

The hot pepper emoji symbolizes spicy food and heat, often used to represent intensity or something flavorful in conversation.

Common Uses

Indicating spicy dishes or food preferences
Describing something or someone as hot or intense
Adding emphasis to statements about heat or boldness
Used in contexts about cooking or cuisine
Expressing excitement or passion metaphorically

Examples

That curry was really 🌶!
Feeling 🌶 today
Try this 🌶 sauce if you love heat

Related Emojis

🌽 Corn: Another food emoji, less about heat and more about ingredients.
🌶️ Chili Pepper (variant with emoji style): A stylistic alternative of the same symbol.
🔥 Fire: Represents heat and intensity more generally, beyond food.
🥵 Hot Face: Shows physical heat or discomfort, often from spice effects.

Technical Notes

The hot pepper emoji has the codepoint U+1F336 and was added to Unicode around 2010. Appearance can vary by platform but generally depicts a red chili pepper. It has no skin tone variants since it is an object emoji.

FAQ

What does the 🌶 emoji mean?
A symbol for spicy food, heat, or intensity.

How is the 🌶 emoji used?
Typically to express spicy flavors, heat, or boldness in text.

Does the meaning of the 🌶 emoji change by context?
Yes, it can represent literal spiciness or metaphorical heat or passion depending on context.