# 🍆 Eggplant emoji

🍆 Eggplant is an emoji in the vegetables set of Food & drink. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: aubergine and vegetable.

- Emoji: 🍆
- Unicode name: eggplant
- Code points: U+1F346
- Category: Food & drink, Vegetables
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :eggplant:
- Keywords: aubergine, eggplant, vegetable
- Page: https://emojichart.com/eggplant-emoji

## What it means

A glossy purple eggplant (called an aubergine in British English) with a green cap. It stands for the vegetable and dishes like eggplant parmesan, but it is also very widely used as a phallic innuendo in flirty and sexual messages.

## How to type 🍆

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “eggplant”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “eggplant”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “eggplant”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “eggplant”.
- GitHub: Type :eggplant: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | berenjena | berenjena, fruto, verdura |
| Français (fr) | aubergine | aubergine, légume, nourriture |
| Deutsch (de) | Aubergine | Aubergine, Gemüse |
| Italiano (it) | melanzana | cibo, melanzana, verdura |
| Português (pt) | berinjela | beringela, berinjela, comida, legume, vegetal |
| Nederlands (nl) | aubergine | aubergine, groente |
| Svenska (sv) | aubergine | äggplanta, aubergine, grönsak |
| Polski (pl) | bakłażan | bakłażan, jedzenie, oberżyna, warzywo |
| Türkçe (tr) | patlıcan | gıda, patlıcan, sebze, yemek |
| Русский (ru) | баклажан | баклажан, овощ, синенькие, синенький |
| Українська (uk) | баклажан | баклажан, їжа, овоч |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μελιτζάνα | λαχανικό, μελιτζάνα, φυτό |
| العربية (ar) | باذنجان | باتنجان, باذنجان, خضار |
| עברית (he) | חציל | חציל, ירק |
| فارسی (fa) | بادمجان | بادمجان, خوراک, خوراکی, سبزیجات, غذا, گیاه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बैंगन | बेंगन, बैंगन, सब्जी |
| বাংলা (bn) | বেগুন | খাদ্য ও পানীয়, খাবার, গাছ, বেগুন, সব্জি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | terung | sayuran, terong, terung |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cà tím | cà tím, rau, thực vật |
| ไทย (th) | มะเขือยาว | ผัก, มะเขือยาว |
| 日本語 (ja) | ナス | ナス, 野菜 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 가지 | 가지, 야채, 채소 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 茄子 | 茄子, 蔬菜 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 茄子 | 茄子, 蔬菜 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): eiervrug
- Akan (ak): nyadeewa
- Albanian (sq): patëllxhan
- Amharic (am): ኤግፕላንት ፍሬ
- Anii (blo): ŋkɩnʊ
- Armenian (hy): սմբուկ
- Assamese (as): বেঙেনা
- Azerbaijani (az): badımcan
- Bashkir (ba): баклажан
- Basque (eu): alberjinia
- Belarusian (be): баклажан
- Bosnian (bs): patlidžan
- Breton (br): berjinez
- Bulgarian (bg): патладжан
- Burmese (my): ခရမ်းသီး
- Cantonese (yue): 茄子
- Catalan (ca): albergínia
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏪᏥᎦᎪᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): паклачан
- Croatian (hr): patlidžan
- Czech (cs): lilek
- Danish (da): aubergine
- Estonian (et): baklažaan
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): beringela
- Faroese (fo): aubergina
- Filipino (fil): talong
- Finnish (fi): munakoiso
- Galician (gl): berenxena
- Georgian (ka): ბადრიჯანი
- Gujarati (gu): રીંગણ, શાક
- Hausa (ha): gauta
- Hungarian (hu): padlizsán
- Icelandic (is): eggaldin
- Igbo (ig): mkpụrụosisi ndịka akwa
- Irish (ga): ubhthoradh
- Javanese (jv): terong
- Kalaallisut (kl): aubergine
- Kannada (kn): ಬದನೆಕಾಯಿ
- Kazakh (kk): баялды
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بايالدى
- Khmer (km): ត្រប់វែង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikibiringanya
- Konkani (kok): वायंगें
- Kurdish (ku): balîcan
- Kyrgyz (ky): баклажан
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Raxpopoj Q’ax
- Lao (lo): ໝາກເຂືອ
- Latvian (lv): baklažāns
- Lithuanian (lt): baklažanas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): aubergina
- Luxembourgish (lb): Aubergine
- Macedonian (mk): модар патлиџан
- Malay (ms): terung
- Malayalam (ml): വഴുതന
- Maltese (mt): brunġiela
- Marathi (mr): वांगी
- Mongolian (mn): хаш
- Māori (mi): otahua
- Nepali (ne): भ्यान्टा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ẹ́gplant
- Northern Sotho (nso): mothobe
- Norwegian (no): aubergine
- Odia (or): ବାଇଗଣ
- Oromo (om): eegpilaantii
- Pashto (ps): توربانجان
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੈਂਗਣ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بتوں
- Quechua (qu): berenjena
- Romanian (ro): vânătă
- Romansh (rm): oberschina
- Sardinian (sc): perdingianu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): aubergine
- Serbian (sr): пaтлиџaн
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): patlidžan
- Shan (shn): မၢၵ်ႇၶိူဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): وانڱڻ
- Sinhala (si): වම්බටු
- Slovak (sk): baklažán
- Slovenian (sl): jajčevec
- Somali (so): dhir ukun
- Swahili (sw): biringanya
- Tajik (tg): бодимҷон
- Tamil (ta): கத்தரிக்காய்
- Telugu (te): వంగ చెట్టు
- Tigrinya (ti): መለንዛና
- Tongan (to): paingani
- Tswana (tn): eggplant
- Turkmen (tk): badamjan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): aubergina
- Urdu (ur): بینگن
- Uyghur (ug): پىدىگەن
- Uzbek (uz): baqlajon
- Welsh (cy): ŵylyst
- Wolof (wo): basante
- Xhosa (xh): i-eggplant
- Yoruba (yo): Igba
- Zulu (zu): ubrinjoli

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F346` |
| HTML | `🍆` |
| CSS | `\1F346` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F346}` |
| Python | `\U0001F346` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8D 86` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DF46` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8D%86` |

## Questions

### What does the 🍆 eggplant emoji mean?

A glossy purple eggplant (called an aubergine in British English) with a green cap. It stands for the vegetable and dishes like eggplant parmesan, but it is also very widely used as a phallic innuendo in flirty and sexual messages.

### How do I type the 🍆 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “eggplant”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :eggplant:.

### When was the 🍆 emoji added?

🍆 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🍆?

U+1F346. In HTML you can write 🍆, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F346}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/eggplant-emoji