Oden is the cozy Japanese hot-pot-on-a-stick emoji, channeling that steamy dashi-soy broth energy and late-night conbini runs. On Apple/iOS, it’s a single bamboo skewer angled diagonally with three unmistakable pieces: a pale daikon slice, a golden-brown fish cake, and a gray-speckled konnyaku triangle—no faces, just glossy, warm hues that scream winter comfort. Think train-platform snack stands, anime night markets, and the kind of umami that hugs your soul. People drop it when craving something warm, planning a chill night in, or flexing their love for Japanese street food. It also moonlights as a general “food on a stick” vibe if you’re not trying to split broth hairs.
Online, 🍢 doubles as a cozy status update—pair it with 🥶🔥 to say “thawing out ASAP,” or with 🍲 for full hot-pot fantasy. It’s a running joke when someone mistakes it for 🍡 dango (pastel mochi’s savory cousin), or as a kebab stand-in when your group chat refuses to read the menu. Sarcastically, it can mean your timeline is a “stew of hot takes,” or that your plans are still “simmering.” Flirty or cheeky? “I’m a snack on a stick” basically writes itself. Either way, this emoji brings comfy, commuter-home warmth and a whiff of broth to your texts.
Definition
Oden is a Japanese dish sold widely across Japan, particularly in the winter as it is a warm and hardy dish. Sold in a stew form or on a skewer (pointy wood stick). Can include many different ingredients, such as hard boiled eggs, tofu, and seafood.
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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)
169 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
:oden:
Keywords
Oden, Seafood, Casserole, Stew
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Editorial Comment
Looks like seafood on a skewer to me! Yakitori, Japanese Shish Kabob, Translation: Fish tofu and veggies on a bamboo stick. iEmoji old name: Seafood Casserole
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Foods
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Names & Annotations
ODEN Old name: SEAFOOD CASSEROLE = seafood on skewer Temporary Notes: seafood hotchpotch, oden
Symbol Information
U+1F362 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-96D
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[おでん]
KDDI
#432 おでん 「oden」 U+EAB7 SJIS-F38B JIS-796B
Softbank
#187 #old337 おでん 「oden」 U+E343 SJIS-F9E3
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f362
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F362
Decimal Code Point(s)
127842
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0xA2
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8D A2
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 215 242
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF62
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf62
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57186
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F362
UTF-32 Hex
01F362
UTF-32 Dec
127842
Python Src
u"\U0001F362"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8d\xa2"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF62"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
