custard

custard meaning

A dish of custard or flan with caramel on top — purin in Japan, crème caramel or flan elsewhere. It represents a smooth, wobbly, set dessert eaten across an enormous range of cultures, from Japanese purin to Spanish flan to French crème caramel.

Meaning

A dish of custard or flan with caramel on top — purin in Japan, crème caramel or flan elsewhere. It represents a smooth, wobbly, set dessert eaten across an enormous range of cultures, from Japanese purin to Spanish flan to French crème caramel. It is one of the more quietly international food emoji, understood everywhere but named differently in every country.

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How to use it

• Crème caramel, perfectly wobbly 🍮
• Flan is the correct dessert 🍮
• Japanese purin is a different thing entirely 🍮

How it looks

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Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).

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Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).

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OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).

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This emoji in other languages

Available in 100 languages

Technical details

Codepoints

U+1F36E

Emoji version

0.6

Shortcodes

:custard:

Category

Food & Drink

FAQ

What does the custard emoji (🍮) mean?

A dish of custard or flan with caramel on top — purin in Japan, crème caramel or flan elsewhere. It represents a smooth, wobbly, set dessert eaten across an enormous range of cultures, from Japanese purin to Spanish flan to French crème caramel.

How do you type the custard emoji?

Copy the custard emoji 🍮 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.

What category is the custard emoji in?

The custard emoji belongs to the Food & Drink category.