Tangerine Emoji
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🍊🍊:tangerine:%F0%9F%8D%8A\1F34AWhat does the Tangerine emoji mean?
The Tangerine emoji (🍊) depicts a tangerine and belongs to the Food & Drink category of the Unicode emoji standard. It is a widely recognised symbol that works across modern devices and platforms. Its official Unicode assignment is U+1F34A, introduced with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Once your system has an updated emoji font, the character renders consistently wherever you paste it. People use this food symbol to make culinary content more engaging — tagging a review, decorating a recipe caption, or reacting to a dish photo with a single, appetising glyph. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of tangerine stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🍊), as an HTML entity (🍊), or as a shortcode (:tangerine:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for tangerine — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Tangerine emoji
- In chat: Drop 🍊 into a sentence where you would normally write “tangerine” to add tone and visual interest.
- On social media: Pair 🍊 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
- In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🍊 or shortcode :tangerine: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Unicode code point | U+1F34A |
| Introduced in | Emoji 1.0 (2015) |
| Shortcode | :tangerine: |
| HTML entity | 🍊 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays tangerine everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Tangerine mean?
The Tangerine emoji (🍊) depicts a tangerine and belongs to the Food & Drink category of the Unicode emoji standard. It is a widely recognised symbol that works across modern devices and platforms. It...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1F34A, introduced in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Official name: "Tangerine".
How do I copy the Tangerine emoji?
Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.
Is the Tangerine emoji free to use?
Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.
How is Tangerine used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for tangerine in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.
Does it look the same on every device?
Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🍊 with their own style, colour, and shading.