Avocado emoji 🥑
🥑 is the avocado: a halved avocado with its stone. It means avocados — toast, guacamole, brunch, “healthy fats” — and it became the emblem of millennial food culture…
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What the avocado 🥑 emoji means
🥑 is the avocado: a halved avocado with its stone. It means avocados — toast, guacamole, brunch, “healthy fats” — and it became the emblem of millennial food culture (“can’t afford a house, ate the avocado toast”). Added in Emoji 3.0 (2016). Brunch and Mexican partners: 🍞 bread, 🌮 on the taco guide, 🍋🟩 lime; the palette is on the green emoji page.
Unicode name: avocado · U+1F951 · Emoji 3.0 (2016) · group: Food & Drink.
How people use it
- Brunch: avocado toast, poached eggs
- Mexican food: guacamole, tacos
- Healthy eating: good fats
- Millennial jokes: housing vs avocados
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| avocadoU+1F951 | Avocado | |
| tacoU+1F32E | Tacos | |
| breadU+1F35E | Toast | |
| green saladU+1F957 | Salad | |
| limeU+1F34B U+200D U+1F7E9 | Lime |
Questions people ask
What does 🥑 mean?
An avocado — brunch, guacamole, healthy eating.
When was 🥑 added?
2016, Emoji 3.0.
Why is the avocado a millennial emoji?
A 2017 comment blamed avocado toast for millennials not buying homes; the joke stuck.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
