Egg emoji is a picture of a white or brown egg with a yolk inside. It is used to represent eggs in general, cooking, breakfast, and food in general. It can also be used to represent fertility, new beginnings, and Easter.
Emoji History
The egg emoji was introduced in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0. It was added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Emoji General Information
| Emoji Name | Egg |
|---|---|
| Other Names | Breakfast, Cooking, Food |
| Unicode Category | Food & Drink |
| Unicode Number | U+1F95A |
| Unicode Version | 6.0 (2010) |
| First Introduced | Emoji 1.0 (2015) |
| Emoji Encodings | HTML Entity: 🥚 Decimal: 🥚 UTF-8: F0 9F A5 9A |
Unicode Category Information & Emoji Character Encoding Data
| Unicode Category | Emoji Character Encoding Data |
|---|---|
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Subcategory | Food-Prepared |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Plane | Supplementary Multilingual Plane |
| Script | Common |
| Codepoints | U+1F95A |
| HTML Entity | 🥚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | F0 9F A5 9A |
Technical Information
| Codepoints | U+1F95A |
|---|---|
| Unicode Name | EGG |
| Apple Name | Egg |
| Also Known As | Breakfast, Cooking, Food |
| Shortcodes | :egg: |
| Relevant Emojis | 🍳, 🥚, 🥘 |
Bottom line
The egg emoji is a versatile symbol that can be used to represent eggs, cooking, breakfast, food, fertility, new beginnings, and Easter. It was introduced in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.