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Salt emoji ๐Ÿง‚ (salty)

๐Ÿง‚ is the salt: a glass shaker with a silver top. It means salt and seasoning in cooking posts โ€” and far more often salty: bitter, resentful, upset about losingโ€ฆ

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What the salt ๐Ÿง‚ (salty) emoji means

๐Ÿง‚ is the salt: a glass shaker with a silver top. It means salt and seasoning in cooking posts โ€” and far more often salty: bitter, resentful, upset about losing (โ€œsomeoneโ€™s ๐Ÿง‚โ€). It also means โ€œtake it with a grain of saltโ€ and the Salt Bae sprinkle. Added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Pair with ๐Ÿ˜’ unamused for attitude, ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ hot pepper for seasoning, ๐ŸŸ fries for food.

Unicode name: salt ยท U+1F9C2 ยท Emoji 11.0 (2018) ยท group: Food & Drink.

IN A MESSAGEhe lost one game of Mario Kart and now heโ€™s ๐Ÿง‚

How people use it

  • Salty: bitter, sore loser
  • Cooking: seasoning
  • Grain of salt: scepticism
  • Salt Bae: the sprinkle

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
saltU+1F9C2Salt, salty
unamused faceU+1F612Attitude
hot pepperU+1F336 U+FE0FSpicy
french friesU+1F35FSalted food
face with steam from noseU+1F624Sore

Questions people ask

What does ๐Ÿง‚ mean?

Salt โ€” or โ€œsaltyโ€: bitter and resentful.

What does salty mean?

Upset or bitter, especially after losing; ๐Ÿง‚ marks it.

When was ๐Ÿง‚ added?

2018, Emoji 11.0.

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.

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