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Onion

  • seasoning
  • onion
U+1F9C5

The onion emoji, whose Unicode name is “onion”, is part of the Food & Drink group. It is closely tied to seasoning and onion, which is what people usually have in mind when they search for it. Scored 67 out of 100, it falls in the Neutral range.

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1. Onion emoji attributes

Symbol
🧅
Name
Onion
English name
onion
Unicode code point
U+1F9C5
HTML entity
🧅
Decimal
🧅
Category
Food & Drink›Vegetables
Keywords
seasoning, onion
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Background
512 × 512 PNG · transparent background

2. Onion emoji meaning

Within Food & Drink, the onion emoji belongs to the Vegetables subgroup, which gathers 20 related symbols. The symbol stands for seasoning and onion, so readers usually understand it without extra explanation. Used sparingly it draws attention to the sentence it sits next to.

In everyday chat, the onion (🧅) usually appears alongside words about seasoning and onion. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Onion emoji sentiment

Neutral
67 / 100

Scored 67 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Neutral range. Because the tone is level, it is easy to combine with either good or bad news.

A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.

4. Onion emoji examples

  • 1Snacks are on the table 🧅
  • 2Lunch is sorted for today 🧅
  • 3Coffee first, questions later 🧅

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