A golden shout‑out to carbs, the sheaf of rice emoji is that graceful, drooping ear of rice you see in harvest photos and foodie captions. People drop it when posting sushi night flexes, steaming bowls of fried rice, or to give “abundance” vibes—like, may your pantry (and your bank account) be as full as a paddy in monsoon season. It also moonlights as a pun machine for “a grain of truth,” gluten-free jokes, and the occasional snarky correction when someone calls it wheat (respectfully, that’s your cousin). Bonus: it pops up in cozy fall posts, farmcore aesthetics, and ironically in “Rice Purity Test” chatter to keep things cheeky but PG-ish.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a single curved green stalk with a slim leaf and a cluster of glossy, beaded golden kernels that droop like a tiny chandelier. The shading is soft and 3D-ish, angled slightly upward-right, no face, no bundle string—just one elegant ear catching the light. It’s instantly recognizable because the grains look like little gold teardrops stacked along the stem, more delicate than chunky wheat spikes. Think “mini harvest icon” with luxe highlight.
Culturally, rice equals life across much of Asia, so this emoji can signal prosperity, gratitude, and harvest celebrations. It’s a classic autumn kigo in Japanese culture and pairs beautifully with the moon emoji for Tsukimi vibes. Use it earnestly for farm-to-table pride or sustainability posts, flirtatiously as “you’re my main grain,” or dramatically when declaring carb supremacy. When your caption needs calm abundance or golden-hour nostalgia, this emoji does the heavy lifting—no thresher required.
Definition
Rice is a seed of a plant. It is considered a grain and is a staple food (inexpensive, easily stored, easily found, and eaten with many meals) used to power humans (calories).
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
738 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:ear_of_rice:
Keywords
Ear, Rice, Food, Plant, Seed
Previous Names:
Ear of Rice
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Plant Symbols
Editorial Comment
Rice is a plant? What? iEmoji old name: Yellow Trumpet Bush (incorrect). National Flower of the Bahamas, these have long thin leaves with yellow trumpet shaped flowers. A couple yellow bells are shown.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Plant Symbols
Names & Annotations
EAR OF RICE
Symbol Information
U+1F33E proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-049
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[稲穂]
KDDI
[稲穂]
Softbank
#102 #old415 稲穂 U+E444 SJIS-FB85
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e444
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E444
Decimal Code Point(s)
58436
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x91 0x84
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 91 84
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 221 204
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE444
UTF-16 Hex
e444
UTF-16 Dec
58436
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E444
UTF-32 Hex
E444
UTF-32 Dec
58436
Python Src
u"\uE444"
PHP Src
"\xee\x91\x84"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE444"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🌾
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🌾
Decimal HTML Entity
🌾
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🌾
Hex Code Point(s)
1f33e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F33E
Decimal Code Point(s)
127806
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0xBE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C BE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 276
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF3E
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf3e
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57150
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F33E
UTF-32 Hex
01F33E
UTF-32 Dec
127806
Python Src
u"\U0001F33E"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\xbe"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF3E"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
