🍌
banana
Unicode: 1F34C
Description
A single, ripe yellow banana, peeled and with a dark tip on the unpeeled end.
Group:
Food & Drink > food-fruit
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents the fruit itself, healthy eating, or sometimes used in a humorous or suggestive context due to its phallic shape.
Backstory
The banana emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Bananas are a widely consumed fruit globally, known for their versatility in cooking and as a quick source of energy.
Usage Examples
- Healthy snack: 'Time for my post-workout 🍌!'
- Breakfast: 'Oatmeal with a side of 🍌'
- Humorous/suggestive: 'He's going absolutely 🍌s!'
- Cooking ingredient: 'Making some banana bread tomorrow 🍌🍞'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in contexts of healthy food, snacking, or sometimes as a sexual innuendo.
East Asian culture:
Similar uses, but perhaps less overtly suggestive in general digital communication unless the context strongly implies it.