Emojion

๐Ÿ† ๊ฐ€์ง€

์˜๋ฏธ

Beyond its literal use as a vegetable, this emoji is widely recognized in English-speaking countries as a phallic symbol. In Japan, it also carries a lucky meaning rooted in the classic New Year's dream proverb.

ํ‚ค์›Œ๋“œ: ์•ผ์ฑ„, ์ฑ„์†Œ

์ „ ์„ธ๊ณ„์—์„œ์˜ ์‚ฌ์šฉ๋ฒ•

  • United States

    The sexual slang meaning took hold around 2011 and has since become one of the most recognizable phallic symbols in emoji culture โ€” famously triggering an Instagram search ban in 2015.

  • Japan

    Tied to the lucky New Year's dream proverb 'ichi-Fuji, ni-taka, san-nasu,' this emoji can be used positively to express good fortune. Awareness of its sexual slang meaning is lower than in Western countries, especially among older users.

๐Ÿ’ก ์•Œ๊ณ  ์žˆ์—ˆ๋‚˜์š”?

When Instagram launched emoji hashtag search in 2015, the eggplant immediately became one of the most popular tags โ€” only to be banned from search within days due to guideline-violating content. The American Dialect Society named it the 'Most Notable Emoji of 2015' the following year.

๐Ÿ’ก ์•Œ๊ณ  ์žˆ์—ˆ๋‚˜์š”?

I dreamed about ๐Ÿ† last night on New Year's! Best omen ever ๐ŸŽ‰
Uhโ€ฆ congrats? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

In Japan, dreaming of an eggplant on New Year's Eve is considered lucky (from the proverb 'ichi-Fuji, ni-taka, san-nasu'). For Western users who only know the sexual slang meaning, receiving this message can cause quite a bit of confusion.

์ด ํŽ˜์ด์ง€๊ฐ€ ๋„์›€์ด ๋˜์—ˆ๋‚˜์š”?

์ด ํŽ˜์ด์ง€์˜ ์˜ค๋ฅ˜ ์‹ ๊ณ 

๊ฐ™์€ ์นดํ…Œ๊ณ ๋ฆฌ์˜ ์ด๋ชจ์ง€