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🍙 Rice Ball Emoji — Meaning & Usage
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Description
The Japanese onigiri rice ball represents bento lunches and Japanese cuisine.
When to Use
Use for Japanese food, bento content, or expressing rice ball love.
Example Usage
- “Onigiri time 🍙”
- “Bento lunch 🍙”
- “Rice ball love 🍙”
Popular Combinations
🍙🍱
Bento with onigiri
🍙🇯🇵
Japanese rice ball
🍙😋
Delicious onigiri
How Rice Ball looks across platforms
Open-source emoji designs. Each project maintains its own visual style — colors, shapes, and details may differ from what you see on your device.
Did You Know?
The 🍙 onigiri emoji is one of the original 176 emoji designed by Shigetaka Kurita at NTT DoCoMo in 1999. It was pixel art on a 12×12 grid.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🍙 mean in a text message?▼
The Japanese onigiri rice ball represents bento lunches and Japanese cuisine. Use for Japanese food, bento content, or expressing rice ball love. The tone can shift depending on context — a message to a friend reads differently than one to a coworker.
Which platforms show 🍙 differently?▼
Food emoji vary a lot between platforms. Apple tends toward photorealistic designs, Google uses a flatter style, and Samsung sometimes picks different food items entirely. The Rice Ball emoji is recognizable across platforms but the visual details — color, angle, garnish — will differ.
What are popular emoji combinations with 🍙?▼
Food emoji work great in combinations. Pair them with 😋 (yum face) for cravings, 🍽️ (plate) for meals, 👨🍳 (chef) for cooking, or 📸 (camera) for food photography posts. Check the "Combinations" section above for specific pairings.
What is the shortcode for 🍙?▼
On platforms like Slack and Discord, you can type `:rice_ball:` to insert the Rice Ball emoji. On GitHub, the same shortcodes work in issues and comments.
Unicode
U+1f359
Category
Food & Drink
Added
Unicode 1.0
Shortcodes
:rice_ball:Keywords
foodjapanese
When to Use 🍙 Rice Ball
Use for Japanese food, bento content, or expressing rice ball love.
- •Send 🍙 when you want to express or reference "rice ball" in a message — it instantly conveys the meaning without extra words
- •Use 🍙 in conversations about food or japanese to add visual emphasis and make your point clearer
- •React with 🍙 Rice Ball on social media posts, stories, or comments related to rice ball
- •Combine 🍙 with related emoji in captions or bios — works well when talking about food, japanese
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Open your system emoji picker to type any emoji directly:
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Windows
Win + .🍎
Mac
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