onion

onion meaning

A brown-skinned onion, sometimes shown halved. Like garlic it is a cooking foundation, and it carries the universal association with crying while chopping. It also lends itself to the metaphor of layers — an onion has layers, and so, famously, do ogres.

Meaning

A brown-skinned onion, sometimes shown halved. Like garlic it is a cooking foundation, and it carries the universal association with crying while chopping. It also lends itself to the metaphor of layers — an onion has layers, and so, famously, do ogres. It appears in recipe posts, in jokes about tearing up, and occasionally as a stand-in for something that made you cry for entirely unrelated reasons.

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How to use it

• Who is chopping onions in here 🧅
• Caramelising these takes actual patience 🧅
• Layers, like an onion 🧅

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

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Technical details

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U+1F9C5

Emoji version

12

Shortcodes

:onion:

Category

Food & Drink

FAQ

What does the onion emoji (🧅) mean?

A brown-skinned onion, sometimes shown halved. Like garlic it is a cooking foundation, and it carries the universal association with crying while chopping. It also lends itself to the metaphor of layers — an onion has layers, and so, famously, do ogres.

How do you type the onion emoji?

Copy the onion 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 onion emoji in?

The onion emoji belongs to the Food & Drink category.