Basket emoji 🧺
🧺 is the basket: a wicker basket with handles. It means laundry — washing day, “mount laundry” — picnics with 🥪 and a blanket, Easter baskets with 🐰 🥚, and gift hampers.
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What the basket 🧺 emoji means
🧺 is the basket: a wicker basket with handles. It means laundry — washing day, “mount laundry” — picnics with 🥪 and a blanket, Easter baskets with 🐰 🥚, and gift hampers. Added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Chores: 🧼 soap, 🧹 broom; the season on the Easter page.
Unicode name: basket · U+1F9FA · Emoji 11.0 (2018) · group: Objects.
How people use it
- Laundry: washing day
- Picnics: with 🥪 🍓
- Easter baskets: egg hunts
- Hampers: gifts
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| basketU+1F9FA | Laundry, picnic | |
| soapU+1F9FC | Washing | |
| t-shirtU+1F455 | Clothes | |
| sandwichU+1F96A | Picnic food | |
| rabbit faceU+1F430 | Easter |
Ironing without an iron emoji
Laundry day often includes ironing, but there is no dedicated iron emoji in the standard set. Instead, people pair the basket emoji 🧺 with text or use 🧼 soap to signal cleaning, then describe the ironing step in words.
In messages, you might see something like “Fold everything and iron the shirts 🧺” or “Washing done, now for the ironing board 😩”.
If you’re sharing a to-do list for the household, 🧺 works as a shorthand for the whole laundry cycle, from washing to folding to ironing.
Questions people ask
What does 🧺 mean?
A basket — laundry, picnics, Easter.
Is there a laundry emoji?
🧺 basket with 🧼 is the usual pair.
When was 🧺 added?
2018, Emoji 11.0.
Is there an iron emoji?
No, there is no official iron emoji in the standard set. People usually use 🧺 for laundry and 🧼 for soap, then add text like “ironing” to be specific.
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.
