Rice Ball
Bala de arroz
Although this might look like it, this is not a Hershey's kiss wrapped in silver foil. It is a white rice ball wrapped in a piece of nori (edible seaweed). Also called onigiri. Very popular in Japan.
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
- This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
- In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 933 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture |  |
| Twitter.com Picture |  |
| LG Emoji Picture |  |
| Samsung Emoji Picture |  |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture |  |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :rice_ball: |
| Keywords | Rice, Ball, White, Nori, Seaweed, Japanese |
Unicode Category Information
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300β1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Food Symbols |
Editorial Comment
A Hershey's kiss wrapped in silver with a white box in front of it.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
| Unicode Category | Foods |
| Unicode Subcategory | Food Symbols |
| Names & Annotations | RICE BALL Temporary Notes: onigiri |
| Symbol Information | U+1F359 proposed |
| Proposal Identifier | e-961 |
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
| DoCoMo | Β #Exp.62 'Rice ball' γγ«γγ γonigiriγ U+E749 SJIS-F9EE JIS-7630 |
| KDDI | Β #244 γγ«γγ γonigiriγ U+E4D5 SJIS-F6AE JIS-7630 |
| Softbank | Β #177 #old336 γγ«γγ γonigiriγ U+E342 SJIS-F9E2 |
Emoji Character Encoding Data
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 4 Code |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ξ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ξ |
| Decimal HTML Entity |  |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  |
| Hex Code Point(s) | e342 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+E342 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 58178 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0x8D 0x82 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE 8D 82 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 215 202 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE342 |
| UTF-16 Hex | e342 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 58178 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000E342 |
| UTF-32 Hex | E342 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 58178 |
| Python Src | u"\uE342" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\x8d\x82" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uE342" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 5 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | π |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | π |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🍙 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🍙 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f359 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F359 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127833 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0x99 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8D 99 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 215 231 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDF59 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdf59 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57177 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F359 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F359 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127833 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F359" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8d\x99" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDF59" |
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
| Emoji Encoding | DoCoMo | KDDI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ξ | ξ | σΎ₯‘ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |||
| Decimal HTML Entity |  |  | 󾥡 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  |  | 󾥡 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | e749 | e4d5 | fe961 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+E749 | U+E4D5 | U+FE961 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 59209 | 58581 | 1042785 |
| UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0x9D 0x89 | 0xEE 0x93 0x95 | 0xF3 0xBE 0xA5 0xA1 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE 9D 89 | EE 93 95 | F3 BE A5 A1 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 235 211 | 356 223 225 | 363 276 245 241 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE749 | 0xE4D5 | 0xDBBA 0xDD61 |
| UTF-16 Hex | e749 | e4d5 | dbbadd61 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 59209 | 58581 | 56250 56673 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000E749 | 0x0000E4D5 | 0x000FE961 |
| UTF-32 Hex | E749 | E4D5 | 0FE961 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 59209 | 58581 | 1042785 |
| Python Src | u"\uE749" | u"\uE4D5" | u"\U000FE961" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\x9d\x89" | "\xee\x93\x95" | "\xf3\xbe\xa5\xa1" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uE749" | "\uE4D5" | "\uDBBA\uDD61" |
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