Onion emoji meaning

The onion emoji is a graphic of a small, round, white onion with a thin, green stem on top. It is typically depicted as a whole, uncut onion with its skin still on. This emoji is often used to represent food items or ingredients, especially when cooking or preparing meals. It can also be used to represent feelings of sadness or tears, as the phrase "crying like an onion" is often used to describe someone who is crying profusely or excessively.

The onion emoji was approved in Unicode 12.0 and added in Emoji 12.0, see related proposal L2/18077