🍘
Subgroups
Unicode
U+1F358
Variant status
Fully-qualified
Emoji version
E0.6

rice cracker

Definitions & examples

Represents a Japanese rice cracker, usually round, crispy, and often glazed with soy sauce. It symbolizes traditional snacks, light treats, or the comforting simplicity of old-fashioned Japanese food.

  • You’re taking a short break during the afternoon.

    Snack time πŸ˜β˜• simple joys.

Cross-cultural

🍘 directly refers to senbei (η…Žι€…), one of Japan’s oldest snacks, made from rice and often roasted or baked. It’s sold everywhere from temples to train stations, representing nostalgia and quiet comfort.

Cross-cultural

Chinese rice crackers (mi bing or mi guo ba) are softer or puffier, more modern in texture. In Chinese contexts, 🍘 can just mean β€œcrispy rice snacks,” not the traditional Japanese kind.

Heads-up

🍘 is sometimes mistaken for πŸ™ (rice ball), especially on small screens, so context is key when talking about food or emoji meanings.

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