Onion

Unicode lists 🧅 Onion among the vegetables in the Food & Drink group. In practice it comes up around flavoring.

You can drop 🧅 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Food and Drink. The character has been part of the standard since 2019 (Emoji 12.0). Its code point is U+1F9C5.

• 🧅 on its own already flags the topic: flavoring.
• Fits messages about flavoring.
• Often seen near 🥦 Broccoli, 🧄 Garlic and 🥜 Peanuts.

• 🧅🫑 – Onion and Bell Pepper
• 🧅🫘 – Onion with Beans
• 🧅🥦 – Onion plus Broccoli
• 🧅🧄 – Onion and Garlic
• 🧅🥬 – Onion with Leafy Green
• 🧅🍄‍🟫 – Onion plus Brown Mushroom
• 🧅🫛 – Onion and Pea Pod
• 🧅🥒 – Onion with Cucumber

Easy to mix up with 🥦 Broccoli, 🧄 Garlic or 🥜 Peanuts. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.