| Emoji | Name | Meaning | Category | Codepoint | Shortcodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🍅 | tomato | Represents a ripe tomato, often related to food and cooking | Food & Drink | U+1F345 | :tomato: |
Meaning
The 🍅 emoji depicts a red tomato with a small green stem. It symbolizes the fruit itself or related ideas like cooking, fresh ingredients, and healthy eating.
Common Uses
- Referring to tomatoes in recipes or grocery lists.
- Representing cooking, food preparation, or gardening.
- Signifying freshness or healthy food choices.
- Used figuratively to suggest something ripe or ready.
- Occasionally used humorously or as a symbol of throwing tomatoes in performances.
Examples
"I need to buy 🍅 for the salad.""Just cooked a pasta with 🍅 sauce.""Garden update: 🍅 are finally ripe!"
Related Emojis
- 🌶️ Chili Pepper – another food-related emoji, representing spicy ingredients.
- 🥫 Canned Food – symbolizes preserved foods, differing from fresh produce.
- 🥬 Leafy Green – focuses on vegetables but not fruits like the tomato.
- 🥗 Green Salad – represents meals that might include tomatoes but highlights overall salad.
- 🍆 Eggplant – another fruit often used as a vegetable in cooking.
Technical Notes
The tomato emoji is encoded at U+1F345 and was added around Unicode 6.0. Appearance varies slightly between platforms but generally shows a round, red tomato with a green stem. It does not support skin tone modifiers as it is an object.
FAQ
What does the 🍅 emoji mean?
The 🍅 emoji represents a red tomato, linked to food and cooking contexts.
How is the 🍅 emoji used?
It appears in messages about recipes, fresh produce, healthy eating, or sometimes humor related to tomatoes.
Does the meaning of the 🍅 emoji change by context?
Its basic meaning stays consistent, but it can also symbolically indicate readiness or be used humorously in certain contexts.