Meaning
This emoji depicts a clear glass filled with white milk, often with a slightly frosted or semi-transparent appearance depending on the platform. The glass typically has a simple cylindrical shape with visible liquid inside, sometimes rendered with a subtle highlight or shadow to show dimension.
Milk is a staple beverage across cultures, so this emoji works literally when discussing dairy drinks—whether you're talking about a glass of cold milk with cookies, a morning pour, or mentioning lactose intolerance. It's also used to reference milk-based drinks like smoothies, lattes without the coffee branding, or milkshakes. In meme and internet culture, the milk glass has become shorthand for "wholesome" or "pure" content, playing off the innocent, child-friendly associations of milk.
Beyond beverages, people sometimes use it metaphorically when discussing "milking" a situation for all it's worth, or in fitness contexts when talking about protein and muscle-building nutrition. It pairs naturally with breakfast and dessert imagery.
Design varies subtly across platforms—Apple's version tends to be cleaner and more minimalist, while Google's has historically been more detailed. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 3.0 in 2016, making it a relatively recent addition to the standard set.
Common Uses
- • Discussing breakfast or cereal
- • Talking about lactose intolerance or dietary preferences
- • Wholesome or innocent content
- • Mentioning protein and nutrition
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The milk emoji has become unexpectedly popular in "wholesome meme" communities online, where it's used to caption innocent, pure, or family-friendly content—basically the opposite of edgy internet humor.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:milk_glass: :glass_of_milk: :milk_glass: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🥛 |
| HTML (hex) | 🥛 |
| CSS | \1F95B |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDD5B |
| Python | \U0001F95B |
| Java | \uD83E\uDD5B |
| Perl | \x{1F95B} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F95B} |
| Punycode | xn--2rtn |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A5%9B |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA5 0x9B |
🥛 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | দুধের গ্লাস |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 一杯奶 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 一杯牛奶 |
| Danish | glas mælk |
| Dutch | glas melk |
| English | glass of milk |
| English (UK) | glass of milk |
| Estonian | klaas piima |
| Finnish | maitolasi |
| French | verre de lait |
| German | Glas Milch |
| Hindi | दूध का गिलास |
| Hungarian | egy pohár tej |
| Italian | bicchiere di latte |
| Japanese | 牛乳入りのコップ |
| Korean | 우유 한잔 |
| Lithuanian | pieno stiklinė |
| Malay | segelas susu |
| Norwegian | melkeglass |
| Polish | szklanka mleka |
| Portuguese | copo de leite |
| Russian | стакан молока |
| Spanish | vaso de leche |
| Spanish (Mexico) | vaso de leche |
| Swedish | mjölkglas |
| Thai | แก้วนม |
| Ukrainian | склянка молока |
| Vietnamese | cốc sữa |