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Cooked Rice

A bowl of steamed white rice, a staple component of cuisine throughout Asia. Bowl color varies across platforms, though is often white and ocassionally red.

This emoji predates the inclusion of emojis within Unicode. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by Softbank in 2000. Earlier personal digital assistant (PDA) devices from NEC and Sharp also included proto-emoji designs depicting a bowl of rice.

Technical Information

Code: U+1F35A
Category: Food & Drink
Sub Category: Food Asian
Unicode Version: 0.6
Keywords: sushi, japan