Ginger Root

🫚 is the ginger root emoji, part of Unicode's Food & Drink group, added in Emoji 15.0 (2022). Unicode's keyword list links it with “beer”, “health”, “herb”, and “natural”.

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Where food-vegetable emoji usually appear

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Cooking, recipes, and grocery content

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: GINGER ROOT
CLDR short name: ginger root
Codepoint: U+1FADA
Hex: 1FADA
Emoji version: 15.0
Unicode version: 15.0
First released: 2022
Unicode group: Food & Drink
Unicode subgroup: food-vegetable
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:ginger_root:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

beer · ginger · health · herb · natural · root · spice

How it looks

Ginger Root — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Your device

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Questions people ask

What does the 🫚 ginger root emoji mean?: 🫚 is the ginger root emoji, part of Unicode's Food & Drink group, added in Emoji 15.0 (2022). Unicode's keyword list links it with “beer”, “health”, “herb”, and “natural”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🫚?: U+1FADA, named GINGER ROOT in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🫚 ginger root emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 15.0, published in 2022, alongside Unicode 15.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🫚 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “ginger root”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🫚 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🫚?: On GitHub, type :ginger_root: and it turns into 🫚 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.