What does 🥦 Broccoli mean?
A floret of broccoli that looks like a tiny tree. It is the classic symbol of healthy eating and the vegetable kids famously push around their plates. People use it for meal prep, gym diets, vegetarian dinners and gentle nagging about eating your greens. It also gets a laugh when describing the fluffy, curly “broccoli haircut”.
🥦 Broccoli is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (vegetables), added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. People use it in messages about cabbage and wild.
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🥦 Broccoli on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Broccoli looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Broccoli emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🥦 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :broccoli:.
When was the Broccoli emoji added?
🥦 Broccoli was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🥦 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Broccoli. The underlying code (U+1F966) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.