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Ice

1F9CA · U+1F9CA · 🧊

What it means

The Ice Emoji 🧊 depicts a single, roughly transparent cubic block, its facets shading from white at the brightest points to blue or cyan, giving off a chilly glimmer.

Popular as a stand-in for anything cold—drinks on the rocks, frosty attitudes, or a weather forecast—it's common in chats about cocktails, climate, or occasionally just to cool off a heated exchange.

Unlike the beverage emoji siblings, the ice cube is the only one that isn't a container, but rather the finishing touch to what they might hold; think of it as less refreshing on its own, unless you're a polar bear.

A simple search of "ice," "cube," or "cold" will bring this frosty icon to your fingertips.

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Keywords

Search terms recorded for this emoji in Unicode CLDR.

Details

Hexa1F9CA
CodepointsU+1F9CA
HTML (hex)🧊
HTML (decimal)🧊
CLDR short nameice
Emoji versionEmoji 12.0 · 2019
Qualificationfully-qualified
CategoryFood & Drink
Subcategorydrink

Timeline

  1. Emoji 12.0 · 2019Ice entered the standard as U+1F9CA, establishing the codepoint still used today.
  2. TodayRendered across major platforms. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each draw it in their own style while preserving the same underlying character.

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