A triangular slice of watermelon, red flesh studded with black seeds inside a green rind, dripping down your chin â that's the classic taste of summer. It's used for hot days, picnics, and fruit that's genuinely refreshing. Since the fruit's colors match the Palestinian flag, it's also become a widely recognized symbol of solidarity with Palestine, especially handy when the flag emoji itself gets restricted.
What ð means
This watermelon is shown in a slice, its dark green rind giving way to a light green curve just beneath it. The inner part of this slice is red with a couple of black dots on it referring to seeds.
The ð Watermelon emoji signifies anything to do with watermelons; the fruit, watermelon juice, watermelon vodka, etc. Besides, watermelons also evoke a summery vibe, sexuality, lust, and even love.
How and when to use it
- If you're sharing pictures from an exotic photoshoot of yours with a watermelon background (real or just prints) or a watermelon printed outfit, etc, don't forget to tag this little guy ð in the caption.
- You can also use ð while sharing a lip-smacking watermelon juice, mocktail, cocktail, or even a salad recipe either as a direct message (DM) or as a social media post/story.
- ð can also be used while posting pictures that have some watermelon-ish red in it or even watermelon prints in it (lots watermelon prints going on here, they're cute, got to admit it).
- If you love watermelons, or you love the summery vibe they have or you just like ð as an emoji (emoji-zoning a watermelon ðŊ), then you can use this emoji in your social media profile name.
- Watermelons, like melons, have a vulgar reference to breasts. So, if you're into fruits while sexting, then feel free to pop the ð emoji.
Other Names
- ð Melon
- ð A Slice of Watermelon
- ð Watermelon Salad
- ð Watermelon Juice
- ð Watermelon Vodka
- ð Sliced Watermelon
- ð Watermelon Slice
ð in real conversations
Why does ð show up in posts about Palestine?
A sliced watermelon's red flesh, white rind and black seeds happen to match the Palestinian flag's colors, and the fruit became a stand-in symbol after Israel restricted displaying the actual flag following the 1967 war. It resurfaced widely around the 2021 Sheikh Jarrah evictions and again during the Gaza war, partly because ð also slides past keyword-based content restrictions that flag words like 'Palestine' directly.
Is ð still just a summer-fruit emoji too?
Yes, both meanings run side by side â plenty of ð posts are exactly what they look like: a beach day, a backyard cookout, someone eating a slice with the seeds still in it. Context is what separates a summer snapshot from a solidarity post; the fruit itself carries both without contradiction.
Why did watermelon specifically become the symbol instead of some other fruit?
The colors happened to line up with the flag by coincidence, but it also helped that watermelon genuinely is a major crop grown across the West Bank and Gaza, so the symbol wasn't picked at random â it's a fruit actually tied to the land it represents. That grounding is part of why it caught on rather than fading as a one-off image.
The lowdown
- Category
- Food & Drink âš food-fruit
- Codepoints
U+1F349- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:watermelon:- Keywords
- fruit, watermelon
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 â ð Watermelon or ðŠĶ Headstone?
Runs with a crowd
ð keeps company in food emojis and summer emojis â tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.