A piece of nigiri, a slice of fish draped over a small mound of rice — that's the sushi emoji. It's used for sushi and Japanese food generally, from an actual sushi-night order to just craving something fresh.
What 🍣 means
A pair of sushi rice blocks topped with fish or any other seafood filaments; one orange and the other red - signifying nigiri. On some platforms, this emoji consists of a nigiri and a sushi roll.
The 🍣 Sushi emoji signifies authentic Japanese cuisine from a broad perspective. It can suggest sour and savory flavors that are relished by millions across the world.
How and when to use it
- If you're out on a sushi date and you're posting pictures, social media stories, or even texting a close someone of the same, you can use 🍣 in all those contexts.
- Sushi is one of the most popular Japanese food that is found in almost all Japanese restaurants on the planet. Hence, 🍣 would be a great emoji (along with other related emojis) to use in captions or textual formats while talking about Japanese cuisine in general.
- Posts and reposts of sushi recipe pictures or videos could use 🍣 in the captions.
- There are many varieties of sushi and 🍣 can be used to represent all of them.
- 'Sushi' is a cute name to have for a loved one (even better if they love sushi). Nonetheless, you can use 🍣 while saving their contact or while tagging them on your social media profile too.
Other Names
- 🍣 Nigiri
- 🍣 Sashimi
- 🍣 Maki
- 🍣 Uramaki
- 🍣 Temaki
- 🍣 Sumeshi and Fish
- 🍣 Sushi Roll
🍣 in real conversations
Does sushi always mean raw fish?
No — sushi technically refers to the vinegared rice, not whatever sits on top of it. That's why a cucumber roll, an egg roll or an avocado roll are all genuinely sushi with zero raw fish involved; raw fish on its own is more precisely called sashimi. 🍣 covers the whole category, not just the fish part.
What does 🍣 mean as a date-night text?
A step up from the usual pizza-or-burgers suggestion — sushi reads as a slightly fancier, more intentional plan, the kind of place you'd actually get dressed for rather than order in sweatpants. '🍣 tonight?' carries a bit more effort than '🍕 tonight?' even though both are just food invites.
Is the California roll actually from California?
The city part checks out, Los Angeles in the 1960s, but who invented it is still disputed among several Japanese sushi chefs working there at the time, most often credited to Ichiro Mashita of Tokyo Kaikan, who swapped in avocado for fatty tuna and turned the roll inside out to suit American diners nervous about seaweed. 🍣 owes a lot to that one compromise.
The lowdown
- Category
- Food & Drink › food-asian
- Codepoints
U+1F363- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:sushi:- Keywords
- food, sushi
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🍣 Sushi or 🥠 Fortune Cookie?
Runs with a crowd
🍣 keeps company in food emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.