New emojis from Apple for 2023&nbsp;available as part of iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS 13.3.

iOS 16.4

New emojis from Apple for 2022&nbsp;available as part of&nbsp;iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5, and macOS 12.3.

Released on 14&nbsp;March 2022, this was the first version of iOS to support the 112 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/hi/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>, including various multiple skin tone versions of the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji.

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%8F-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0/">🤭&nbsp;Face with Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji to be more consistent with the designs of other vendors, with this emoji&#39;s originaly design being given to the new <a href="/hi/emoji-14.0/">🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji.

Taking into account a series of additional&nbsp;<a href="/hi/glossary/#non-rgi">non-RGI</a>&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji sequences, there are 123 new emojis in this release.

iOS 15.4

Released on 2021-05-24, this update changed the appearance&nbsp;of the various&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%88-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%86-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4/">🧗 Person Climbing</a> emojis to have the person wearing a safety helmet.

iOS 14.6

New emojis from Apple for 2021 available as part of&nbsp;iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and macOS 11.3.

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of the&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%88/">💉&nbsp;Syringe</a>&nbsp;emoji&nbsp;to remove the blood, and added mixed skin tone support to&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a> and <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A1/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>.

Released on 26&nbsp;April 2021, this was the first version of iOS to support the 217 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/hi/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. Taking into account <a href="/hi/glossary/#non-rgi">non-RGI</a> emoji sequences, there&nbsp;there are 669 new emojis in this release.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-14-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 14.5

New emojis from Apple for 2020 released on iOS 14.2, iPad OS 14.2 and macOS 11 Big Sur.&nbsp;Emoji additions included&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AF/">🧋 Bubble Tea</a>, <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%A1/">🏳️&zwj;⚧️ Transgender Flag</a>, <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%88-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF/">🤌 Pinched Fingers</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%93-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0/">🥲 Smiling Face with Tear.</a>

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4/">👰 Person With Veil </a>and&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9F-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%9F-%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4/">🤵 Person in Tuxedo</a> to gender neutral designs, with new sequences added to support gender-specific options for women or men. This software version also changed the appearance of&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0/">😷 Face with Medical Mask</a> to smile.

Released on 5&nbsp;November 2020, this was the first version of iOS to support the 117 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/hi/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-14-2-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 14.2

A minor update which fixed a bug where <a href="/hi/apple/ios-13.3/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B7-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%86-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9A-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9A/">one variation of men holding hands</a>&nbsp;previously showed <a href="/hi/apple/ios-13.2/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B7-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%86-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9A-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9A/">an incorrect set of skin tones</a>. This change applies to iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3 and macOS 10.15.2.

iOS 13.3

iOS 13.2 was released on 2019-10-28 with&nbsp;added support for gender neutral options, people holding hands with various skin tones, as well as full <a href="/hi/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a> and <a href="/hi/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a> compatibility. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-13-2-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 13.2

iOS 13.1&nbsp;was released on 2019-09-24 with a number&nbsp;of emoji <a href="/hi/apple/ios-13.1/changed/">design changes</a> including more accurate representations of&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8/">🐙 Octopus</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A1/">🦑 Squid</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%B0/">🦟 Mosquito</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B8/">🧮 Abacus</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-13-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 13.1

A minor update to iOS which made minor modifications to the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B2/">🦉&nbsp;Owl</a> and <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0/">🐗&nbsp;Boar</a> to match the new Animoji release. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-12-2-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 12.2

iOS 12.1 was released on 2018-10-30 with 158 new emojis and&nbsp;4 new emoji components.&nbsp;All additions in this release came from <a href="/hi/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>&nbsp;except&nbsp;the <a href="/hi/flag-united-nations/">United Nations Flag</a> which was from <a href="/hi/emoji-4.0/">Emoji 4.0</a>.&nbsp;Prominent inclusions in this release were&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2/">redheads</a>, <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2/">curly hair</a>, <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2/">softball</a>, <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A1/">skateboard</a>, and <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2/">bagel</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-12-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 12.1

iOS 11.3 was a minor update to the iOS emoji set. The main change in this release is the modification of four emojis used in Apple&#39;s separate Animoji feature. First <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2018/01/apple-previews-ios-11-3/">announced</a> in January&nbsp;2018, this release was finalized in March 2018.

This emoji release also applied to tvOS 11.3,&nbsp;macOS 10.13.4 and&nbsp;watchOS 4.3.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-11-3-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 11.3

iOS 11.2 changed a number of emojis, most notably reverting the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8/">Tumbler Glass</a> to a previous design.

Metallic objects gained a more reflective appearance in this release, among other minor changes. The same emoji changes apply to tvOS 11.2, watchOS 4.2, and macOS 10.13.2.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-11-2-emoji-changelog/">Read more</a>.

iOS 11.2

iOS 11.1 was released on October 31, 2017 and&nbsp;includes 240 new emojis&nbsp;including&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AB/">Giraffe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%9F-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%86-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0/">Face Vomiting</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8/">Genie</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A1/">Sauropod (dinosaur)</a> and <a href="/hi/emoji-5.0/">more</a>. A number of existing emojis changed in this update, such as <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%96/">Honeybee</a>, <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%A1/">Ram</a>, and <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8/">Tumbler Glass</a>.

These&nbsp;emoji updates are included as part of iOS 11.1 for iPhone and iPad, macOS High Sierra 10.3.1 for Mac, watchOS 4.1 for Apple Watch and tvOS 11.1 for Apple TV.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-11-1-emoji-changelog/">Learn more about this update</a>.

iOS 11.1

iOS 10.3 included a number of&nbsp;design tweaks including changes to&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8/" title="🥘 Shallow Pan of Food">🥘&nbsp;Shallow Pan of Food</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%9F-%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A1/" title="🎋 Tanabata Tree">🎋&nbsp;Tanabata Tree</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0/" title="🌫️ Fog">🌫️&nbsp;Fog</a>. No new emojis were added.

<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-fixes-paella-emoji/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 10.3

<a href="/hi/apple/ios-10.2/">iOS 10.2</a> was released on December 12, 2016. This release&nbsp;added support for <a href="/hi/unicode-9.0/">Unicode 9</a> emojis, as well as&nbsp;new professions and&nbsp;a graphical redesign. This emoji release coincides with&nbsp;tvOS 10.1,&nbsp;watchOS 3.1.1, and&nbsp;macOS Sierra 10.12.2.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-2-emoji-changelog/">Learn more</a>.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-2-emoji-changelog/">📲 iOS 10.2 Emoji Changelog</a></li>
</ul>

iOS 10.2

iOS 10.0.1 was released on&nbsp;September 13, 2016. This release included&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-gendered-emoji-list/">new gendered emojis</a>, <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B7-%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%A1/">rainbow flag</a>, and an updated <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B2/">pistol emoji</a>. See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng5wozKJOMc">all new and changed emojis</a> in this YouTube video. These emoji updates also apply to macOS Sierra.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-emoji-changelog/">📲 iOS 10 Emoji Changelog</a></li>
</ul>

iOS 10.0

iOS 9.3 is a minor revision to the updates&nbsp;provided in iOS 9.1. New in iOS 9.3 are modifiers for the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B8/" title="🕵 Sleuth or Spy">sleuth or spy emoji</a>, and the removal of modifier support for the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A1/" title="🏇 Horse Racing">horse racing emoji</a>.

This emoji update also applies to Macs with&nbsp;OS X 10.11.4&nbsp;El Capitan, Apple Watch with&nbsp;watchOS 2.2&nbsp;and Apple TV with tvOS 9.2. More about <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-3-adds-and-removes-diversity/">this update</a>.

iOS 9.3

iOS 9.1 was the first version of iOS&nbsp;to include emojis from <a href="/hi/unicode-7.0/">Unicode 7.0</a> and <a href="/hi/unicode-8.0/">Unicode 8.0</a>. This update&nbsp;also included a number of retro-actively assigned emojis to the Apple Color Emoji font.

The iOS 9.1 emoji update was introduced to Macs with&nbsp;OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan, Apple Watch with&nbsp;watchOS 2.0 and Apple TV with tvOS 9.1.

Learn <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-1-emoji-changelog/">more about this update</a>.

iOS 9.1

iOS 9.0 added 44 new emoji flags, primarily consisting of smaller countries and territories. OS X El Capitan 10.11.0 was released on September 30, 2015 and supports the same range of flags.

Learn <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-emoji-changelog/">more about the iOS 9.0 emoji&nbsp;update</a>.

iOS 9.0

iOS 8.3&nbsp;was the first version of iOS&nbsp;to include <a href="/hi/emoji-modifier-sequence/">emoji modifiers</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/hi/zero-width-joiner/">ZWJ</a>&nbsp;sequences for family&nbsp;combinations. This release also added 198 country&nbsp;flags, and updated artwork for many existing emojis.

The iOS 8.3&nbsp;emoji update was introduced to Macs with&nbsp;OS X 10.10.3&nbsp;Yosemite.

Learn <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-2015-emoji-changelog-ios-os-x/">more about this update</a>.

iOS 8.3

iOS 6.0 was the first release of Apple&#39;s emoji font that displayed&nbsp;<a href="/hi/unicode-6.0/">Unicode 6.0</a> emojis on the iOS emoji keyboard. Many characters previously thought to be new in iOS 6.0 were available in iOS 5.1, but not shown on the emoji keyboard.&nbsp;

A number of changes were made to emoji images in this release including the gavel being changed to display a <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%A1/" title="🔨 Hammer">hammer</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AC/">orange book</a> being fixed to display as orange instead of purple.

Emojis in this release are compatible with&nbsp;Macs running OS X 10.8 Mountain&nbsp;Lion.

iOS 6.0

iOS 5.1&nbsp;was released in March 2012 and was the first version of Apple&#39;s emoji font to use cross-platform compatible emoji codepoints from the&nbsp;Unicode Standard.&nbsp;Previous releases of iOS supported emoji characters in the private use area of Unicode.

Support for a number of new emojis was available in this release, but not these new emojis were not displayed&nbsp;on the iOS emoji keyboard. As such, widespread use of emojis from <a href="/hi/unicode-6.0/">Unicode 6.0</a> was not achieved until the release of <a href="/hi/apple/ios-6.0/">iOS 6.0</a>&nbsp;later in 2012.

Emojis in this release were also supported in Mac OS X 10.7.4 and above.

iOS 5.1

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A knife with a long steel blade, as a <a href="/woman-cook/">chef</a> uses to slice <a href="/cut-of-meat/">meat</a> or vegetables. Depicted with a black or brown handle and positioned at a 45&deg; angle, often with its point at the lower right.

May be used for content concerning cooking and food preparation, but often represents various senses of cutting and stabbing.&nbsp;Its Unicode name, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_kitchen_knife">Hocho</a>, means &ldquo;kitchen knife&rdquo; in Japanese and refers to a variety of knives used in <a href="/flag-japan/">Japan</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/dagger/">🗡️&nbsp;Dagger</a> or <a href="/crossed-swords/">⚔️&nbsp;Crossed Swords</a>.

Hocho

A pointed knife with a steel blade, as used for thrusting in close combat. Generally depicted as double-edged with a black, brown or gold&nbsp;cross-shaped hilt and positioned at 45&deg; angle, often with its tip at the lower left.

May represent knives and other bladed weapons (cf. <a href="/crossed-swords/">⚔️&nbsp;Crossed Swords</a>) as well as various senses of cutting and stabbing. Often applied to medieval or fantasy content.

Google&rsquo;s design&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-9.0/dagger/">previously</a> featured&nbsp;an icy-blue blade and <a href="/sparkles/">sparkles</a>, suggests a dagger <a href="/elf/">elves</a> may wield in fantasy.

May be paired with (or defended by) <a href="/shield/">🛡️&nbsp;Shield</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/kitchen-knife/">🔪&nbsp;Kitchen Knife</a>.

Dagger Knife

A silver fork to the left of a knife, silverware or cutlery used to eat a meal. Often used more generally for eating and dining. May be paired with&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">Spoon&nbsp;</a>or used with&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife-with-plate/">Fork and Knife With Plate</a>.

Fork and Knife

A whole, bright orange carrot, topped with long green leaves, as if freshly plucked from the garden.&nbsp;Some platforms feature a longer, thinner carrot, others a shorter, more bulbous one.

Carrot

A silver spoon, as used to eat soup, cereal, or&nbsp;<a href="/ice-cream/">ice cream</a>&nbsp;as well as serve food&nbsp;or stir drinks. Positioned at various angles across platforms. May be paired with&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife/">Fork and Knife</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife-with-plate/">Fork and&nbsp;Knife With Plate</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/bowl-with-spoon/">Bowl With Spoon</a>.

Spoon

Two swords with steel blades in an X shape, as crossed for combat between two knights or warriors. Generally depicted as straight, double-edged blades with brown or black, cross-shaped hilts, points directed up.&nbsp;Commonly used as a symbol for battle, fighting, or a contest, as in sports.

Sometimes shown with golden handles. Several vendors implement the same design as for their <a href="/dagger/">🗡️&nbsp;Dagger</a>.&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/crossed-swords/">previously featured</a> stylized, white swords on a green square, as a sign or icon of war.

May be paired with (or defended by) <a href="/shield/">🛡️&nbsp;Shield</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/hammer-and-pick/">⚒️&nbsp;Hammer and Pick</a> or <a href="/hammer-and-wrench/">🛠️&nbsp;Hammer and Wrench</a>.

Crossed Swords

A squirt gun (water pistol), as used to <a href="/sweat-droplets/">spray water</a> for fun.

On major platforms, depicted as a green or orange toy gun with an orange tip and barrel pointed left.&nbsp;Google&nbsp;and Facebook&rsquo;s designs include mounted reservoirs.

Originally depicted as a classic handgun, as a revolver or other pistol. In 2016, <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-and-the-gun-emoji/">Apple switched its design</a> from weapon&nbsp;to toy; other major vendors followed suit by 2018. Deprecated emoji sets or smaller platforms still display the emoji as a handgun.

Microsoft <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/pistol/">initially displayed</a> the emoji as a toy ray gun before switching to a revolver, then squirt gun. Google <a href="/google/android-4.4/pistol/">once featured</a> a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunderbuss">blunderbuss</a>.

Pistol

A pair of scissors, as used to cut paper or <a href="/person-getting-haircut/">hair</a>. Generally shown open, blades down, with red handles. Commonly used for content concerning haircuts, fashion design, arts and crafts, and various senses of cutting.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design features green handles with blades pointed up.

See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a> in Unicode character names.

Black Scissors

A pot, as a casserole dish, filled with a warm and hearty&nbsp;<a href="/cut-of-meat/">beef&nbsp;</a>or vegetable stew on most platforms. Generally used for eating and&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">cooking&nbsp;</a>(&ldquo;a meal&rdquo;), and commonly associated with soup or Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemono">nabe</a>.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/pot-of-food/">previously</a> resembled a bowl of ramen or other noodle dish, with&nbsp;<a href="/chopsticks/">chopsticks</a>.

Pot of Food

A cartoon-styled bomb, depicted as a black ball with a burning fuse.

Commonly used for various figurative bombs or explosions, e.g., slang bomb, a &ldquo;home run&rdquo; in <a href="/baseball/">baseball</a> or <a href="/softball/">softball</a>;&nbsp;&quot;excellent&quot; or &quot;attractive.&quot; Sometimes applied&nbsp;in contexts of war, weapons, or violence.

Earlier&nbsp;designs from <a href="/softbank/2006/bomb/">SoftBank</a> and <a href="/au-kddi/type-d-2/bomb/">au by KDDI</a> animated the bomb as <a href="/collision/">exploding</a>.

Bomb

A silver&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife/" title="🍴 Fork And Knife">fork and knife&nbsp;</a>on either side of a white plate, as set for dinner or another meal. Often used more generally for eating and dining. May be paired with&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">Spoon</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Fork and Knife with Plate

A long, green cucumber with bumpy skin. Resembles its derived product, a pickle or gherkin, on many platforms, except on Apple and WhatsApp, which depict it with light-green, seed-y slices.

Cucumber

A cut of uncooked red meat, as a T-bone or rib-eye steak, with the light, white marbling of fat.

May be used for sexual slang.

Cut of Meat

An&nbsp;<a href="/egg/">egg&nbsp;</a>with yolk frying in a skillet, as prepared sunny-side up. Though associated with breakfast, the emoji represents the general action of cooking and related concepts.

An <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/cooking/">early Apple design</a> included broken eggshells and did not feature a skillet, while an <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/cooking/">early Samsung design</a> simply displayed a fried egg.

Cooking

A bowl with a silver&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">spoon&nbsp;</a>inside, as used to eat cereal or soup. Bowl color varies across platforms, as do contents, though most are empty.

WhatsApp&#39;s bowl contains&nbsp;<a href="/tomato/">tomato</a>&nbsp;soup, while Google&#39;s <a href="/google/android-8.0/bowl-with-spoon/">previously</a> contained&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">breakfast</a>&nbsp;cereal.

Bowl with Spoon

🔪 Kitchen Knife on Apple iOS 8.3

🔪 Kitchen Knife on Apple iOS 8.3

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