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🌶️ Hot Pepper Emoji — Meaning & Usage
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Description
Red chili pepper. Double duty: literal spicy food and "that's hot" in a flirty way. Tinder leans heavily on this one. Also the go-to for hot sauce enthusiasts, Scoville scale debates, and anyone who thinks sriracha belongs on everything.
When to Use
Spicy food, calling something/someone hot, or heat challenges.
Example Usage
- “This Nashville hot chicken is no joke 🌶️”
- “New profile pic looking 🌶️”
- “Who wants to try the Carolina Reaper challenge 🌶️😅”
Popular Combinations
🌶️🔥
Extra spicy/hot
🌶️😅
Too spicy
How Hot Pepper looks across platforms
Open-source emoji designs. Each project maintains its own visual style — colors, shapes, and details may differ from what you see on your device.
Did You Know?
The 🌶️ hot pepper emoji doubled in usage after it was adopted by dating apps as a shorthand for "attractive."
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🌶️ mean in a text message?▼
Red chili pepper. Double duty: literal spicy food and "that's hot" in a flirty way. Tinder leans heavily on this one. Also the go-to for hot sauce enthusiasts, Scoville scale debates, and anyone who thinks sriracha belongs on everything. Spicy food, calling something/someone hot, or heat challenges. The tone can shift depending on context — a message to a friend reads differently than one to a coworker.
Which platforms show 🌶️ differently?▼
Food emoji vary a lot between platforms. Apple tends toward photorealistic designs, Google uses a flatter style, and Samsung sometimes picks different food items entirely. The Hot Pepper emoji is recognizable across platforms but the visual details — color, angle, garnish — will differ.
What are popular emoji combinations with 🌶️?▼
Food emoji work great in combinations. Pair them with 😋 (yum face) for cravings, 🍽️ (plate) for meals, 👨🍳 (chef) for cooking, or 📸 (camera) for food photography posts. Check the "Combinations" section above for specific pairings.
What is the shortcode for 🌶️?▼
On platforms like Slack and Discord, you can type `:hot_pepper:` to insert the Hot Pepper emoji. On GitHub, the same shortcodes work in issues and comments.
Unicode
U+1f336-fe0f
Category
Food & Drink
Added
Unicode 1.0
Shortcodes
:hot_pepper:Keywords
foodspicychillichili
When to Use 🌶️ Hot Pepper
Spicy food, calling something/someone hot, or heat challenges.
- •Send 🌶️ when you want to express or reference "hot pepper" in a message — it instantly conveys the meaning without extra words
- •Use 🌶️ in conversations about food or spicy to add visual emphasis and make your point clearer
- •React with 🌶️ Hot Pepper on social media posts, stories, or comments related to hot pepper
- •Combine 🌶️ with related emoji in captions or bios — works well when talking about food, spicy, chilli
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Open your system emoji picker to type any emoji directly:
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Windows
Win + .🍎
Mac
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