# 🍙 Rice ball emoji

🍙 Rice ball is an emoji in the asian food set of Food & drink. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: food and Japanese.

- Emoji: 🍙
- Unicode name: rice ball
- Code points: U+1F359
- Category: Food & drink, Asian food
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :rice_ball:
- Keywords: ball, food, Japanese, rice
- Page: https://emojichart.com/rice-ball-emoji

## What it means

Rice pressed into a triangle or ball and usually wrapped with a strip of seaweed, known in Japan as onigiri. It is used for this popular snack and packed-lunch staple and for Japanese food in general.

## How to type 🍙

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “rice ball”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “rice ball”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “rice ball”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “rice ball”.
- GitHub: Type :rice_ball: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | bola de arroz | arroz, bola de arroz, japonés, onigiri, restaurante |
| Français (fr) | boulette de riz | boulette de riz, japonais, nourriture, onigiri, plat, riz |
| Deutsch (de) | Reisbällchen | Essen, japanisch, Reis, Reisbällchen |
| Italiano (it) | onigiri | arancino di riso, arancino di riso giapponese, cibo, giapponese, onigiri, orientale, polpetta di riso giapponese, riso, ristorante |
| Português (pt) | arroz japonês | arroz, bolinho de arroz, comida, fome, japonês, onigiri, restaurante |
| Nederlands (nl) | rijstballetje | balletje, eten, Japans, rijst |
| Svenska (sv) | risboll | ris, risboll, risportion |
| Polski (pl) | kulka ryżowa | jedzenie, kulka, onigiri, ryż, ryżowa |
| Türkçe (tr) | pirinç topu | gıda, onigiri, pirinç, pirinç topu, restoran, yemek, yiyecek |
| Русский (ru) | онигири | онигири, рис, рисовый шар, рисовый шарик, шарик, япония |
| Українська (uk) | рисова кулька | їжа, кулька, рис, рисова кулька, японський |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μπάλα ρυζιού | ιαπωνικό, μπάλα, μπάλα ρυζιού, ρύζι, φαγητό |
| العربية (ar) | كرة أرز | أرز, أكل, رز, طعام, كرة أرز, مطعم, ياباني |
| עברית (he) | כדור אורז | אורז, יפני, כדור |
| فارسی (fa) | کوفته برنجی | برنج, توپ, ژاپنی, غذا, کوفته, کوفته برنجی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | राइस बॉल | ओनिगिरी, खाना, चावल, जापानी, भोजन, राइस बॉल, रेस्टोरेंट |
| বাংলা (bn) | ভাতের বল | খাদ্য ও পানীয়, খাবার, চাল, জাপানি, বল, ভাতের বল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | nasi kepal | bola, jepang, makanan, nasi, nasi kepal |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cơm nắm | cơm, cơm nắm, nhật bản |
| ไทย (th) | ข้าวปั้น | ก้อนข้าวปั้น, ข้าวปั้น |
| 日本語 (ja) | おにぎり | おにぎり, おむすび, 和食, 米 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 삼각 김밥 | 뭉치, 밥, 삼각 김밥, 식품, 음식, 일본 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 饭团 | 日式饭团, 日本, 米, 食物, 饭团 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 飯糰 | 飯糰 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): rysbal
- Akan (ak): ɛmotuo
- Albanian (sq): topth orizi
- Amharic (am): የሩዝ ኳስ
- Anii (blo): tuuwo
- Armenian (hy): բրնձի գնդիկ
- Assamese (as): চাউলৰ বল
- Azerbaijani (az): düyü küftəsi
- Bashkir (ba): дөгө тубы
- Basque (eu): arroz-bola
- Belarusian (be): рысавы шарык
- Bosnian (bs): kugla od riže
- Breton (br): boulig riz
- Bulgarian (bg): топка ориз
- Burmese (my): ထမင်းလုံး
- Cantonese (yue): 飯團
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 饭团
- Catalan (ca): bola d’arròs
- Cherokee (chr): ᏓᎵᏆ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): рис чӑмӑркки
- Croatian (hr): kuglica od riže
- Czech (cs): rýžová koule
- Danish (da): riskugle
- Estonian (et): riisipall
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): bola de arroz
- Faroese (fo): rísbolli
- Filipino (fil): rice ball
- Finnish (fi): riisipallo
- Galician (gl): bóla de arroz
- Georgian (ka): ბრინჯის ბურთი
- Gujarati (gu): ભાતનાં વડા
- Hausa (ha): curin shinkafa
- Hungarian (hu): rizsgolyó
- Icelandic (is): hrísgrjónabolla
- Igbo (ig): òsìkapa àkpụrụakpụ
- Irish (ga): liathróid ríse
- Javanese (jv): themlek sega
- Kalaallisut (kl): riskugle
- Kannada (kn): ಅನ್ನದ ಉಂಡೆ
- Kazakh (kk): күріш шары
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كۇرىش شارى
- Khmer (km): បាយពំនូត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikibumbe cy’umuceri
- Konkani (kok): शिताची उंडी
- Kyrgyz (ky): күрүч тобу
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tz’uqutz’ik aros
- Lao (lo): ເຂົ້າປັ້ນ
- Latvian (lv): rīsu bumbiņa
- Lithuanian (lt): ryžių rutuliukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): rajsowa kulka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Räisball
- Macedonian (mk): топки од ориз
- Malay (ms): bebola nasi
- Malayalam (ml): റൈസ് ബോൾ
- Maltese (mt): pulpetta tar-ross
- Marathi (mr): राइस बॉल
- Mongolian (mn): будааны ороомог
- Māori (mi): pōro raihi
- Nepali (ne): राइस बल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Raís Bọl
- Northern Sotho (nso): polo ya reise
- Norwegian (no): risball
- Odia (or): ଭାତ ବରା
- Oromo (om): kubbaa ruuzii
- Pashto (ps): د وریجو ګوله
- Punjabi (pa): ਚੌਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਪਿੰਨੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): چولاں دیاں گینداں
- Quechua (qu): muyu arrozwan
- Romanian (ro): chifteluțe de orez
- Romansh (rm): culla da ris
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ball rìs
- Serbian (sr): куглица од пиринча
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): куглица од риже
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kuglica od pirinča
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): kuglica od riže
- Shan (shn): ၶဝ်ႈပၼ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): چانور جو بال
- Sinhala (si): රයිස් බෝල්
- Slovak (sk): kopček ryže
- Slovenian (sl): riževa kroglica
- Somali (so): bariis kubbad
- Swahili (sw): mchele uliotengenezwa kwa mtindo wa tufe
- Tajik (tg): курачаи биринҷӣ
- Tamil (ta): அரிசி பந்து
- Telugu (te): రైస్ బాల్
- Tigrinya (ti): ኩዕሶ ሩዝ
- Tongan (to): puluʻi laise
- Tswana (tn): bolo ya raese
- Turkmen (tk): tüwi tokgasy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): rajsowa kulka
- Urdu (ur): چاولوں کے بالز
- Uyghur (ug): گۈرۈچ توپ
- Uzbek (uz): yumaloqlangan guruch
- Welsh (cy): pêl reis
- Wolof (wo): balu ceeb
- Xhosa (xh): ibhola yerayisi
- Yoruba (yo): Irẹsi Roboto
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Irɛsi Roboto
- Zulu (zu): ibhala lelayisi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F359` |
| HTML | `🍙` |
| CSS | `\1F359` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F359}` |
| Python | `\U0001F359` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8D 99` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DF59` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8D%99` |

## Questions

### What does the 🍙 rice ball emoji mean?

Rice pressed into a triangle or ball and usually wrapped with a strip of seaweed, known in Japan as onigiri. It is used for this popular snack and packed-lunch staple and for Japanese food in general.

### How do I type the 🍙 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “rice ball”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :rice_ball:.

### When was the 🍙 emoji added?

🍙 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🍙?

U+1F359. In HTML you can write 🍙, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F359}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/rice-ball-emoji