Melon is the internet’s chilled slice of summer: think cantaloupe vibes, brunch platters, and that “hydration but make it cute” energy. People drop it in smoothie posts, fruit-salad flexes, or to say they’re keeping their melon (head) cool—bonus points when used as a cheeky double meaning for “big melons” in flirty DMs. It can read sweet and wholesome, or playful and suggestive, depending on the company and the caption. Pair it with the sun, sparkle, or drool emojis to scream peak July picnic; pair it with the knife for “time to prep snacks.”
On Apple/iOS, it shows a glossy cantaloupe wedge angled slightly, with warm orange flesh, a pale green rind, a thin white pith, and a tidy cluster of tan seeds—no face, just photogenic fruit with soft 3D shading. The colors pop: sunset-orange interior against spring-green rind, instantly recognizable as not-watermelon. Across platforms you might see a slice or a whole netted melon, but the Apple version leans wedge-forward and snack-ready. Culturally, it nods to everything from Italian prosciutto e melone to Japan’s luxe Yubari gift melons, so it can signal fancy-treat energy as easily as breakfast-buffet nostalgia.
Definition
A melon is a fruit that grows on a vine. Aside from watermelon, which has its own emoji, other popular melons are honeydew and cantaloupe.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
371 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
:melon:
Keywords
Melon, Cantaloupe, Honeydew
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Fruit and Vegetable Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Fruit Symbols
Names & Annotations
MELON Temporary Notes: also honeydew melon
Symbol Information
U+1F348 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-057
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[メロン]
KDDI
#736 メロン 「meron」 U+EB32 SJIS-F3F3 JIS-7A75
Softbank
[メロン]
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)
1f348
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F348
Decimal Code Point(s)
127816
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0x88
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8D 88
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 215 210
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF48
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf48
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57160
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F348
UTF-32 Hex
01F348
UTF-32 Dec
127816
Python Src
u"\U0001F348"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8d\x88"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF48"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
