What does 🧊 Ice mean?
A clear ice cube, added in Emoji 12.0. It covers cold drinks, freezing weather and staying cool. Figuratively, it can mean someone is ice-cold, unbothered or emotionless, as in “cold as ice”. It also suits “breaking the ice” at social events and, in slang, flashy diamond jewelry known as ice. Compare 🥶 for a face that is freezing.
🧊 Ice is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (drinks), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about cold, cube and iceberg.
Example messages
🧊 Ice on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Ice looks on each platform.
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Ice emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Ice 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 :ice_cube:.
When was the Ice emoji added?
🧊 Ice was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. 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 Ice. The underlying code (U+1F9CA) 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.