The strawberry emoji is pure sweet-tooth energy: think sun-soaked picnics, dessert menus, and flirty “you’re berry cute” texts. People drop it to signal something sugary (literal or romantic), to hype a treat, or to add wholesome-kawaii vibes to selfies and thirst traps alike. It can read playful and affectionate, but also cheeky—paired with hearts or chocolate it says date night, and next to side-eye it becomes sarcastic sugar-coating. In group chats it’s a wink for crush talk, a farmers’ market brag, or a subtle “we’re doing dessert, right?” check-in.
On Apple devices, the strawberry is a glossy, almost heart-shaped berry, bright cherry-red with neatly dotted yellow seeds and a spiky green calyx on top. It’s slightly angled, plump, and shiny with a white highlight that screams fresh-picked and Instagram-ready. The styling is clean and 3D-ish, like it rolled straight out of a smoothie ad.
Culturally, it taps into coquette and kawaii aesthetics, strawberry milk vibes, and that viral Lirika Matoshi strawberry dress era—soft, romantic, and a little dreamy. It shows up with whipped cream or chocolate emojis for Valentine’s flair, in jam/smoothie posts, and sometimes as coy flirt fuel in late-night “u up?” messages. You’ll also see it used ironically to soften spicy opinions, or as a cute stand-in when “sweet” would be too on-the-nose.
Definition
A strawberry is a relatively large red fruit grown on small strawberry plants. The plants are very low to the ground, making them hard on the back to pick and easy for gastropods, such as a slug, to get to and eat first. Strawberry shortcake is a popular dessert that requires a significant amount of strawberries. Strawberry shortcake goes hand-in-hand with the Fourth of July, Americas Independence Day.
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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)
144 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
:strawberry:
Keywords
Strawberry, Short, Cake, Berry
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Fruit and Vegetable Symbols
Editorial Comment
A red strawberry with the greenery on top.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Fruit Symbols
Names & Annotations
STRAWBERRY
Symbol Information
U+1F353 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-053
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[イチゴ]
KDDI
#243 イチゴ 「ichigo」 U+E4D4 SJIS-F6AD JIS-762F
Softbank
#191 #old341 いちご 「ichigo」 U+E347 SJIS-F9E7
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)
e347
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E347
Decimal Code Point(s)
58183
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x8D 0x87
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 8D 87
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 215 207
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE347
UTF-16 Hex
e347
UTF-16 Dec
58183
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E347
UTF-32 Hex
E347
UTF-32 Dec
58183
Python Src
u"\uE347"
PHP Src
"\xee\x8d\x87"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE347"
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)
1f353
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F353
Decimal Code Point(s)
127827
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0x93
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8D 93
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 215 223
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF53
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf53
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57171
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F353
UTF-32 Hex
01F353
UTF-32 Dec
127827
Python Src
u"\U0001F353"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8d\x93"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF53"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
