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kiwi fruit
Unicode: 1F95D
Description
A brown avocado, sometimes with a pit visible, symbolizing the fruit.
Group:
Food & Drink > food-fruit
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, often used to represent the fruit itself, healthy eating, or 'basic' trends.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 9.0 (2016) as part of a wider effort to include more food items and healthy options. Its rise coincides with the increasing popularity of avocados globally.
Usage Examples
- Healthy eating: 'Starting my day with a great avocado smoothie! 🥑'
- Recipe sharing: 'Avocado toast for breakfast! 🥑😋'
- Expressing 'basic' or trendy: 'Another avocado toast pic... so basic. 🥑'
- Referencing the fruit: 'Do you like avocados? 🥑'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Strongly associated with healthy eating, veganism, 'superfood' trends, and sometimes 'millennial' or 'basic' stereotypes (e.g., avocado toast).
East Asian culture:
Popular as a healthy fruit, but less dominant in cultural symbolism compared to Western associations.