What does 🌶️ Hot Pepper mean?
A red chili pepper. Its main job is to say spicy: hot sauce, curries, wings and dishes that make you sweat. It also stretches to anything heated or bold, such as a spicy take, a fiery argument or a risqué photo, and people often reply with it when someone looks especially attractive. Unlike the mild green bell pepper 🫑, this one always signals heat.
🌶️ Hot Pepper is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (vegetables), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014.
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🌶️ Hot Pepper on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Hot Pepper looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Hot Pepper 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 :hot_pepper:.
When was the Hot Pepper emoji added?
🌶️ Hot Pepper was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. 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 Hot Pepper. The underlying code (U+1F336 U+FE0F) 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.