Salt emoji 🧂
Emoji 11.0 (2018) · U+1F9C2
What 🧂 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Salt 🧂 is tagged with these keywords: condiment, flavor, mad, salty, shaker, taste, upset.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing condiment or flavor in the emoji search brings up 🧂.
Salt 🧂 is one of 34 emoji in the meals and snacks subgroup of food & drink (132 emoji), next to 🥫 🍞 🥐 🥖.
Will 🧂 show on my friend's phone?
🧂 was added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
How to type 🧂
Any emoji picker finds 🧂 when you search for salt.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type salt.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type salt in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type salt.
Codes for developers
Salt 🧂 is a single code point, U+1F9C2. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9C2 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧂 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧂 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9C2"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9C2} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%82 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 82 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🧂 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the salt emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🧂 "salt" and links it with condiment, flavor, mad, salty. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the meals and snacks subgroup of food & drink.
When was the salt emoji added?
In Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. Phones updated since about 2019 show it.
How do I type the salt emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🧂 when you search for salt.