🧊 ice Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste
Quick info
- Unicode
- U+1F9CA
- Shortcode
:ice:- Category
- Food & Drink
- Subcategory
- drink
- Added in
- Unicode 12.0
- Also known as
- ice cube, frozen, iced
What Does the ice Emoji 🧊 Mean?
A clean, transparent ice cube—simple but versatile. Added in Unicode 12.0, it took on a life of its own as a metaphor for being cold, icy, frozen, or unbothered. People use it on iced-coffee posts, on-the-rocks cocktails, hot-weather content, and skincare ice-roller routines.
It's also a 'frosty mood' marker—'ignoring his texts 🧊' or 'her tone was pure 🧊.' Athletes use it for ice baths and recovery posts, while gym accounts pair it with cryotherapy content. Hockey and figure-skating fans drop it on rink photos. It also stars in 'baby it's cold outside' winter posts.
Whether the message is a chilled drink, a freezing forecast, or an emotional cold shoulder, the cube captures the temperature perfectly. It also appears in 'ice in my veins' clutch-moment sports content and in 'cold-blooded' compliments. The simple shape is one of the more versatile metaphor emojis added recently.
Bars, cafes, and restaurants feature it constantly in their digital marketing across every social channel.
📖 Want the deep dive? Read our full guide: Ice Emoji 🧊: More Than Just Frozen Water ❄️ →
How to Use 🧊 ice Emoji
“Iced coffee weather 🧊”
“Pure 🧊 in that interview”
Technical Details
| Unicode | U+1F9CA |
| HTML Entity | 🧊 |
| CSS Code | \1F9CA |
| Shortcode | :ice: |
| Keywords | cold, cube, iceberg, ice |
| Unicode Version | 12.0 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🧊 mean?
It depicts an ice cube, used for cold drinks, ice baths, winter, and 'icy' attitude metaphors.
