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🥦 Broccoli Emoji

Copy and paste the Broccoli emoji (🥦) in one click. Standardized in Emoji 5.0 / Unicode 10.0 (2017) (U+1F966) under the food-vegetable culinary subgroup.

What Does the Broccoli Emoji Mean?

Unicode Definition: Illustrates broccoli (🥦), standardized in Emoji 5.0 / Unicode 10.0 (2017) (U+1F966) within the "food-vegetable" culinary subgroup.

Context & Expression: Conveys appetite, hospitality, shared meals with friends, celebration, and comfort-food cravings.

Culinary Tip: Broccoli (🥦) is ideal for digital menus, recipe lists, restaurant recommendations, and dinner group-chat polls.

Modern Texting & Social Usage

Used constantly in dinner-plan texts ("craving 🥦 tonight?"), recipe reels on TikTok and Instagram, restaurant review threads, and foodie bios. Friends also drop 🥦 in group chats as an instant vote for where to eat.

💡 Quick Usage Tip:

Combine 🥦 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.

Real-Life Chat Examples

See how the Broccoli emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.

Nina

Nobody in this house wants to cook tonight—what are we ordering?

You

Say less, I am already voting for broccoli 🥦😋

Nina

Sold! Putting the order in right now

When to Use 🥦

  • Coordinating lunch, dinner, coffee, or grocery runs in family and friend group chats.
  • Formatting ingredient lists, restaurant menus, and food blog posts.
  • Sharing weekend cooking projects and café check-ins on social media.

When to Avoid 🥦

  • Medical dietary instructions where exact allergen specifications must be written in plain text.
  • Formal non-culinary business correspondence.
CROSS-PLATFORM DISPLAY

How Broccoli Looks Across Operating Systems & Fonts

Apple iOS renders mouth-watering specular highlights and realistic dishware; Google Android (Noto) and Samsung use warm, appetizing colors with clean silhouettes; Microsoft Windows uses bold Fluent outlines.

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Apple iOS / macOS Rendering

High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting

System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'
Platform / VendorGlyph PreviewSystem Emoji FontRendering Behavior
Apple iOS / macOS🥦Apple Color EmojiHigh-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
Google Android🥦Noto Color EmojiClean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry
Samsung One UI🥦Samsung Color EmojiVibrant high-contrast One UI color styling
Microsoft Windows🥦Segoe UI EmojiFluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags)
X / Discord (Twemoji)🥦Twitter Color EmojiFlat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography

Technical & Developer Specifications

Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.

Character🥦
Official Unicode NameBroccoli
Unicode Code PointU+1F966
HTML Decimal Entity🥦
HTML Hex Entity🥦
CSS Escape Code\01F966
JavaScript / ES6 Escape\u{1F966}
UTF-8 Hex BytesF0 9F A5 A6
Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub):broccoli:
Emoji / Unicode VersionEmoji 5.0 / Unicode 10.0 (2017)
Category & SubgroupFood & Drink (vegetables)

Frequently Asked Questions About Broccoli (🥦)

Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.

What is the emotional and conversational meaning of Broccoli (🥦)?

Conveys appetite, hospitality, shared meals with friends, celebration, and comfort-food cravings. It belongs to the Food & Drink category and was standardized in Emoji 5.0 / Unicode 10.0 (2017).

How is the Broccoli emoji (🥦) used on TikTok, Instagram, and Discord?

Used constantly in dinner-plan texts ("craving 🥦 tonight?"), recipe reels on TikTok and Instagram, restaurant review threads, and foodie bios. Friends also drop 🥦 in group chats as an instant vote for where to eat.

How do I copy and paste 🥦 on iPhone, Android, Mac, or Windows?

Click the "Copy Emoji (🥦)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.

What are the Unicode, HTML, CSS, and JS developer codes for Broccoli?

The Unicode code point is U+1F966 (Emoji 5.0 / Unicode 10.0 (2017)). In HTML use 🥦 or 🥦; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F966"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F966}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :broccoli:.

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