What does 🥚 Egg mean?
A whole egg in its shell. It covers breakfast, baking, Easter and protein, along with anything fragile or about to hatch, such as a new idea. People often use it for “walking on eggshells”, egg puns and announcements that something is on the way. For a fried egg in a pan, see 🍳, and for a newly hatched chick, 🐣.
🥚 Egg is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (prepared foods), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about breakfast and food.
Example messages
🥚 Egg on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Egg looks on each platform.
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Egg emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Egg 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 :egg:.
When was the Egg emoji added?
🥚 Egg was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. 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 Egg. The underlying code (U+1F95A) 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.