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Rice Ball
1F359 · U+1F359 · 🍙
What it means
The Rice Ball Emoji 🍙 portrays a rounded, white mound of sticky rice—sometimes with a black nori seaweed patch wrapped around the bottom and a hint of filling or pink speck peeking through.
Frequently used in the context of Japanese lunchboxes, picnics, or portable snacks, it's an icon for comfort food, homemade lunches, or a quick, handheld bite.
Unlike the crunchy 🍘 rice cracker, 🍙 is all about soft, chewy consistency and simplicity—rice, a bit of seaweed, and sometimes a hidden treasure inside (like a surprise plot twist, but tastier).
Type "rice," "ball," "onigiri," or "Japanese" to serve up this rice staple on your digital plate.
Frequently used in the context of Japanese lunchboxes, picnics, or portable snacks, it's an icon for comfort food, homemade lunches, or a quick, handheld bite.
Unlike the crunchy 🍘 rice cracker, 🍙 is all about soft, chewy consistency and simplicity—rice, a bit of seaweed, and sometimes a hidden treasure inside (like a surprise plot twist, but tastier).
Type "rice," "ball," "onigiri," or "Japanese" to serve up this rice staple on your digital plate.
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Keywords
Search terms recorded for this emoji in Unicode CLDR.
Details
| Hexa | 1F359 |
|---|---|
| Codepoints | U+1F359 |
| HTML (hex) | 🍙 |
| HTML (decimal) | 🍙 |
| CLDR short name | rice ball |
| Emoji version | Emoji 0.6 · 2010 → |
| Qualification | fully-qualified |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Subcategory | food-asian |
Timeline
- Emoji 0.6 · 2010Rice Ball entered the standard as U+1F359, establishing the codepoint still used today.
- 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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