๐ถ hot pepper Emoji - Copy & Paste Free
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What Does the ๐ถ hot pepper Emoji Mean?
Red, tapering and curved like a cayenne, with a small green stem on top. Literally it means heat on a plate, the thing that makes a salsa worth eating. Figuratively it has drifted toward anything spicy in the gossip sense, a take that will annoy people, or a photo someone posts knowing exactly what they are doing. The pepper rarely stays a food word.
At a Glance
| Name | ๐ถ hot pepper |
|---|---|
| Unicode Codepoint | U+1F336 |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Introduced | Unicode 7.0 ยท iOS 9.1+ |
| Also Known As | hot_pepper |
Last updated: September 2026
hot pepper on Different Platforms
This emoji may look different across platforms. Here is how hot pepper emoji appears on popular platforms:
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About hot pepper Emoji
Usage: Restaurant menus and delivery apps use rows of them as a heat scale, one for mild and three for trouble. Food creators stack it in captions for hot sauce reviews and noodle challenges. On Twitter and Reddit, labelling your own comment with it flags a deliberately provocative opinion. Dating profiles borrow the same heat reading with no cooking involved.
Added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, it came through the symbol expansion rather than the Japanese carrier sets, and it was the only pepper on the keyboard until the bell pepper arrived in 2020. Apple draws it glossy, while Google's flatter chilli tends to read as a jalapeรฑo.
What Does the ๐ถ hot pepper Emoji Mean?
The ๐ถ emoji is part of the Food & Drink category. It is commonly used in digital communication to visually represent hot pepper.
First introduced in Unicode 7.0, this emoji has become a staple in everyday messaging across platforms including iOS, Android, WhatsApp, and social media.
You may also find this emoji by searching for its alternative names: hot_pepper.
Word Associations
People often pair the ๐ถ hot pepper emoji with these words and ideas:
hot pepper Emoji in Other Languages
How to say the ๐ถ hot pepper emoji name around the world:
| English | ๐ถhot pepper |
|---|---|
| Espaรฑol | ๐ถpimiento picante |
| Franรงais | ๐ถpiment |
| Deutsch | ๐ถscharfe Paprika |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๐ถๅ่พๅญ |
| ไธญๆ | ๐ถ่พฃๆค |
| เคนเคฟเคจเฅเคฆเฅ | ๐ถเคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค |
| ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ | ๐ถูููู ุญุงุฑ |
Emoji names are based on the Unicode CLDR short names for each language.
When to Use ๐ถ hot pepper Emoji
- when discussing spicy
Platform Support
This emoji is supported on iOS 9.1+, Android, Windows, macOS, and all major social media platforms including WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, Facebook, and TikTok.
How to Copy ๐ถ
Simply click the "Copy" button above to copy ๐ถ hot pepper emoji to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in text messages, social media posts, emails, or documents. Works on all devices and platforms!
Technical Details
Use these code snippets to add the ๐ถ hot pepper emoji in your projects:
U+1F336🌶🌶content: '\1F336';"\u{1F336}""\U0001F336""\uD83C\uDF36""\uD83C\uDF36""\u{1F336}""\u{1F336}"Use these codes to insert the hot pepper emoji in HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Perfect for web developers and designers.
๐ถ hot pepper Emoji in Real Chats
Here's how people use the ๐ถ hot pepper emoji in everyday messages, captions and comments:
- โhot pepper? Say less ๐ถโ: a quick reaction that works in any DM or group chat.
- โThis is such a spicy moment ๐ถโ: perfect for texts, Stories and captions.
- โ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถโ: stack the hot pepper emoji for extra emphasis and vibes.
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Here are some practical ways to use the ๐ถ hot pepper emoji in your messages:
- this curry is a solid three ๐ถ out of five, order it with rice
- unpopular opinion incoming ๐ถ pineapple belongs on pizza and I will not be taking questions
- made salsa with the ๐ถ from the garden and now my lips are numb
Frequently Asked Questions
What does ๐ถ mean when it is not about food?
It marks a comment as spicy, meaning deliberately provocative or likely to start an argument. Posters add it as a half apology before sharing an opinion they know is unpopular, the text equivalent of bracing for impact.
How many ๐ถ symbols do restaurants use for heat?
Most menus run a one to three scale, occasionally four, where one means gentle warmth and three means order a drink. No standard sits behind it, so three peppers at one place can be milder than one somewhere else.
Is ๐ถ a chilli or a bell pepper?
It is a chilli, drawn long and tapered with a curved tip. The bell pepper has its own glyph ๐ซ added years later, so for a recipe post about sweet peppers you want that one instead.
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