What Does the 🍒 (Cherry) Emoji Mean in Texting and on Social Media?

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Does the 🍒 (cherry) emoji only refer to the delicious pitted fruit we all know and love? Maybe you’ve seen it pop up on social media or thought it looked out of place in a raunchy text. It’s a surprisingly versatile emoji, and we’ve got you covered! Read on to learn about all of 🍒’s meanings and how you can use it to spice up your messages.

Cherry Emoji Meaning

While you can use the 🍒 (cherry) emoji to refer specifically to the fruit, it can also mean that you're happy in a relationship with someone, or can be used to refer to a body part (usually in a sexual context). The cherry also symbolizes virginity, and the phrase “popping one’s cherry” means losing one’s virginity or doing something new.

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What does the 🍒 (cherry) emoji mean?

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  1. Depending on where you live, cherries are in season from May through August. Many users use 🍒 with other summery symbols to show they’re excited for the hot weather to finally come through. [1]
    • “Summer is here! ☀️🌊🍒”
    • “Summertime here we come 🍒”
  2. Cherries are a low-calorie treat full of vitamins, nutrients, fiber, and vitamins. If you see someone posting about their new diet or workout regimen and you see 🍒, chances are they’re referencing how nutritious cherries are. [2] Look at the food or smoothie in their photos—cherries are probably a main ingredient.
    • “I love my morning smoothie! 🌅🍒”
    • “New year, new diet 🥑🥦🍒”
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  3. 🍒 can be code for saying a person is sexy or beautiful. Use it in a compliment or add a few 🍒’s in a comment on a photo to show that you like what you see. [3]
    • “She is 🍒!!”
    • “🍒🍒🍒”
  4. Of course, sometimes 🍒 just means a plain old cherry. If you see it paired with other food or drink emojis, it means it’s a main ingredient or flavor in a dish, dessert, or cocktail someone’s talking about.
    • “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere! 🍒🍸”
    • “Let’s have 🍒🥧 for dessert”
  5. For centuries, the cherry has been a symbol of virginity and purity, due to its bright and unblemished exterior. Today, the phrase “popping one’s cherry” means losing your virginity or doing something new for the first time, so seeing 🍒 could be a subtle way to talk about a new experience or having sex for the first time. [4]
    • “I popped her 🍒.”
    • “I popped my haunted house 🍒. It was so much fun!”
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What do 2 cherries symbolize?

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  1. In recent years, a “fruit code” has emerged for women to share their relationship status on social media. [5] 🍒 means you’re in a committed relationship since the emoji features 2 cherries joined by their stems. [6] It might also mean “twins” or “best friends.”
    • “We’re engaged! 💍🍒”
    • “Shout out to my bestie, she’s the realest 🍒”
  2. Like a lot of emojis, 🍒 has a naughty meaning besides a tasty a summer fruit. It can reference your derrière, breasts, or testicles—basically any private part that comes in a pair.
    • “That baseball hit him right in the 🍒”
    • “You’re a pain in my 🍒”
  3. When it comes to slot machines, 2 cherries usually indicates a small win or payout. Cherries are featured on slot machines because they used to represent the flavor of gum you could win. [7] Today, double cherries symbolize good luck and fortune in gambling.
    • “I hit 🍒🍒 in slots!”
    • “I made $$$$$ playing Double Cherry 🍒🍒.”
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How can I use the 🍒 (cherry) emoji?

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  1. Sometimes an emoji just looks more engaging than the word it represents. Keep your messages short and fun by swapping in the cherry emoji.
    • “We need some 🍒 to make this fruit salad POP!”
    • “Remember when we were obsessed with 🍒 chapstick in junior high?”
  2. Post a selfie of you and your significant other or your bestie. Use 🍒 to tell the world that you’re happy to be stuck together.
    • “It’s just you and me baby 🍒”
    • “BFFs since we could walk! 🍒”
  3. Include cherries in your string of summertime emojis to show how excited you are for beach season. You might be rejoicing that school’s out, that you get to travel, or just that the weather is nice!
    • “Alexa, play School’s Out For Summer 🎵☀️🍒🥳”
    • “Michigan vacay at last! 🏖️🍒😌”
  4. Show your followers pics of the delicious healthy treats you’re whipping up. Cherry’s a popular flavor—they’ll be hounding you for your recipes!
    • “I love a smoothie for breakfast 🍒🥤💪 drink up!”
    • “Hitting your fitness goals isn’t hard when they taste good! 🍒”
  5. Make someone’s day and pay them a cherry-flavored compliment. Add 🍒 to the end of your praise, or include it in a string of other emojis that say “you’re making me sweat!”
    • “Hey there beautiful 🍒”
    • “🔥🍒🥵”
  6. If you’re a little bashful when it comes to dirty talk, emojis are a fun way to communicate without spelling out naughty words. Use 🍒 in place of a private part, or add some question marks to imply the question, “Do you want a taste?”
    • “Play nice and I’ll send you a pic of my 🍒”
    • “🍒🍒? 😏”
  7. Whether you’ve just lost your virginity or tried something new, “popped my 🍒” is the perfect slang phrase to describe your experience. It isn’t exactly for polite conversation, so save it for texts with your best buddies.
    • “Just popped my escape room 🍒 ”
    • “I can’t wait to pop my friend’s Subtronic's cherry 🍒🔊🌟🎆🎵”
  8. If you’ve scored double cherries on the slot machine, share it on social media or with your loved ones. Pair it with other gambling-related emojis to show extra excitement!
    • “It’s payday...🍒🍒”
    • “All I do is win, win, win 🍒🍒🎰💰🍀💸”
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Cherry 🍒 Emoji Copy & Paste

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  1. Then, navigate to the space you want to paste the emoji, right-click the mouse or trackpad, and hit “Paste” to copy and paste the 🍒 emoji on your computer.
    • The 🍒 emoji’s unicode is U+1F352.
    • If you need to display the cherry emoji in your HTML code, type in “&#x1F352.” [8]
    • Some fonts, like Twemoji and EmojiOne, include a wide range of emojis you can use, as long as you include a reference to the font in your HTML code and use the corresponding character code.
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Related Emojis

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  1. Swap some of these in for your cherries to communicate a similar message. [9] After all, variety is the spice of life!
    • 👬🏾 = Twinning
    • 👩‍❤️‍👩 = In a relationship, my partner
    • 🍑 = Someone’s behind
    • 🍎🥦🥑 = Healthy food (any fruit or veggie will do)
    • 🌻☀️🌊 = Summertime (anything about the sun or the beach will work)
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    It could have different meanings, depending on the context. Sometimes it's meant as a compliment about a person's chest.
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      1. ↑ https://yaytext.com/emoji/cherries/
      2. ↑ https://emojipedia.org/cherries
      3. ↑ https://emojipedia.org/cherries
      4. ↑ https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/pop-the-cherry/
      5. ↑ https://emojipedia.org/cherries
      6. ↑ https://www.republicworld.com/technology-news/other-tech-news/why-is-everyone-posting-cherry-on-instagram-here-is-the-meaning.html
      7. ↑ https://blog.meccabingo.com/whats-behind-the-symbols-on-slot-machines/
      8. ↑ https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_emoji_plants.asp
      9. ↑ https://emojipedia.org/cherries

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