Two emoji have ice cream in the name, and Shaved ice sits beside them. Ice cream emoji copy and paste opens on Soft ice cream, U+1F366: press Copy. Among the other 45 tiles: toppings, ice characters, text cones and combos.
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Icecream, as one word, finds one emoji
CLDR, Unicode's search word list, files cream under two emoji, Soft ice cream and Ice cream, and icecream as one word under the first alone. Shaved ice is filed under ice and shaved. Nothing is filed under cone, sundae, gelato, sorbet or milkshake; the waffle, combos and text cones cover those.
Soft serve, gelato and the spider
Wikipedia says soft serve is softer because more air goes in during freezing, and gelato is the Italian word for every kind of ice cream. Order a spider in Australia or New Zealand and an ice cream float arrives. All three desserts carry Emoji 0.6, the oldest label; Melting face, 14.0, is the newest single emoji.
Tips
Search cone for four tiles: three text cones and Waffle cone. No emoji has cone in its name.
Search brain freeze and Ice-cream headache answers. Wikipedia lists both as everyday names for the same thing.
The five text drawings use keyboard characters only. Each cone is a less-than sign.
Questions and answers
Is there an ice cream cone emoji?
Not by name. No emoji name contains cone, and CLDR files nothing under the word. ๐ฆ is U+1F366, named Soft ice cream, and ๐จ is U+1F368, Ice cream. The combo Waffle cone puts the waffle first, and three text drawings have a cone.
What is the difference between ๐ฆ and ๐จ?
The names. ๐ฆ is Soft ice cream, U+1F366, and ๐จ is Ice cream, U+1F368. CLDR files cream, dessert and sweet under both, and soft, serve and icecream under the first only. Wikipedia calls soft serve a variety of ice cream, softer and less dense.
Is there an ice pop or ice lolly emoji?
No. No emoji is named for an ice pop, and CLDR files nothing under lolly. Wikipedia gives ice lolly as the name in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The text drawing Ice pop on a stick stands in; search lolly and it alone answers.
What does the ice cream emoji mean?
Ice cream, the dessert. CLDR gives ๐จ six words: cream, dessert, food, ice, restaurant and sweet. Wiktionary defines the cherry on top as a thing that makes something already good better. Cherry on top is a combo here, and so is I scream.
๐จIce creamU+1F368. The one Unicode names plain Ice cream. CLDR files cream under this and Soft ice cream, and under nothing else. Emoji 0.6.
๐งShaved iceU+1F367. By Wikipedia, a whole family of desserts: ice shaved fine, with sweet syrup over it. CLDR files it under ice and shaved, not under cream. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆSoft ice creamU+1F366. The only emoji CLDR files under icecream, written as one word. Wikipedia: soft serve is softer and less dense because more air goes in during freezing. Emoji 0.6.
Flavours and toppings 6
๐BananaU+1F34C. Wikipedia: for a banana split it is peeled and cut in half lengthwise. Emoji 0.6.
๐CherriesU+1F352. Filed under cherry and red. The top of a sundae, and of a saying. Emoji 0.6.
๐ซChocolate barU+1F36B. Filed under chocolate and dessert. Melted, it is the sauce; chopped, the chips. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชCookieU+1F36A. Filed under chip and chocolate. Two of them make an ice cream sandwich. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅPeanutsU+1F95C. Filed under nut. Wikipedia lists crushed nuts as the optional last layer of a banana split. Emoji 3.0.
๐StrawberryU+1F353. One of the three flavours of a classic banana split, by Wikipedia. The other two are vanilla and chocolate. Emoji 0.6.
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How it is served 6
๐ฅคCup with strawU+1F964. Filed under malt and soda. Add a scoop and it is a float. Emoji 5.0.
๐งCupcakeU+1F9C1. The only emoji CLDR files under sprinkles. Emoji 11.0.
โHot beverageU+2615. Filed under coffee. Poured over a scoop it is an affogato. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅงPieU+1F967. Wikipedia: pie ร la mode is pie served with ice cream. Emoji 5.0.
๐ฅSpoonU+1F944. For the bowl. Wikipedia says the cone was made so ice cream could be eaten without one. Emoji 3.0.
๐งWaffleU+1F9C7. No emoji is a cone. By Wikipedia the cone is a wafer with a waffle's texture, so this is the nearest. Emoji 12.0.
Ice cream weather 5
๐๏ธBeach with umbrellaU+1F3D6 U+FE0F. Two words in CLDR: beach and umbrella. Emoji 0.7.
๐ฅตHot faceU+1F975. Filed under heat and hot. Before the ice cream. Emoji 11.0.
๐งIceU+1F9CA. Named Ice and filed under cube and cold. One of six emoji CLDR files under ice, and three of those are desserts. Emoji 12.0.
๐ซ Melting faceU+1FAE0. The only emoji CLDR files under melt. What the sun does to a scoop. Emoji 14.0.
โ๏ธSunU+2600 U+FE0F. Filed under sunny and weather. The reason for the queue. Emoji 0.6.
Ice characters 4
ๅFrozen, in one characterU+51CD CJK unified ideograph-51CD. Unihan: freeze; cold, congeal; jelly.
ๅฐIce in ChineseU+51B0 CJK unified ideograph-51B0. Unihan: ice; ice-cold. Bฤซng in Mandarin, and the first character of ๅฐๆทๆท, ice cream.
โผIce radicalU+2F0E Kangxi radical ice. Radical 15 of 214, two strokes. Unihan files the characters for ice and for frozen under it.
ๆฐทIce, the shaved ice flagU+6C37 CJK unified ideograph-6C37. Unihan: ice, frost, icicles. Wikipedia: a flag with this character is the traditional sign that a shop in Japan serves kakigลri, shaved ice.
Ice cream in Italian and Mandarin 2
ๅฐๆทๆทIce cream in Mandarin. The first character, ๅฐ, is ice
gelatoIce cream in Italian. By Wikipedia the word means frozen
One-line text cones 5
< ()The scoop that fell off
<()One scoop, cone on its side
<()()()Three scoops, cone on its side
[::::]==Ice pop on a stick
\ooo/Three scoops in a bowl
Ice cream combos 17
๐จโAffogatoIce cream, then hot beverage. Wikipedia: Italian, literally drowned in coffee. A scoop of gelato topped with espresso.
๐จ๐Cherry on topIce cream, then cherries. Wiktionary: the same as the icing on the cake, a thing that makes something already good better.
๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐Classic banana splitBanana, then ice cream, then chocolate bar, then strawberry, then cherries. Wikipedia: the classic has three scoops, one each of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Ice cream stands for the vanilla.
๐ฆโฌ๏ธ๐ญDropped itSoft ice cream, then down arrow, then loudly crying face. Ice cream, direction of travel, result.
๐ฎ๐น๐จGelato, from ItalyFlag: Italy, then ice cream. By Wikipedia the word means frozen, and Italians use it for ice cream of every kind.
๐ฑ๐จI screamFace screaming in fear, then ice cream. After the song whose title begins I Scream, You Scream, first published in 1927 by Wikipedia's account. The word cream is inside the name of the first face.
๐จ๐ฅคIce cream floatIce cream, then cup with straw. Wikipedia: ice cream added to a soft drink. In Australia and New Zealand it is also called a spider.
๐ช๐จ๐ชIce cream sandwichCookie, then ice cream, then cookie. Wikipedia: ice cream between two pieces of bread, wafers or cookies.
๐๐ถ๐ฆIce cream vanMinibus, then musical notes, then soft ice cream. Wikipedia: a van in Commonwealth English and a truck in North American English. CLDR files the minibus under van.
๐ฆ๐คฏIce-cream headacheSoft ice cream, then exploding head. Wikipedia gives two everyday names for it: ice-cream headache and brain freeze. Wiktionary has it as the head pain that something cold to eat or drink brings on.
๐๐งLemon sorbetLemon, then shaved ice. By Wikipedia sorbet is ice frozen together with fruit juice or purรฉe. No cream, so no ice cream emoji.
๐ฅ๐จ๐ฅคMilkshakeGlass of milk, then ice cream, then cup with straw. Wikipedia: milk, ice cream and flavourings, blended. CLDR files nothing under milkshake.
๐ค๐ค๐ฉทNeapolitan, in heartsBrown heart, then white heart, then pink heart. Wikipedia: three flavours side by side, typically vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Named for Naples, first recorded in Prussia in 1839.
๐ฅง๐จPie ร la modePie, then ice cream. Wikipedia: pie served with ice cream. Literally, pie in the current fashion.
๐จ๐ซ๐SundaeIce cream, then chocolate bar, then cherries. By Wikipedia an American invention: ice cream with sauce or syrup poured over. CLDR files nothing under sundae.
๐ง๐ฆWaffle coneWaffle, then soft ice cream. By Wikipedia the point of the cone is that it needs no bowl and no spoon.
๐ฆโจWith sprinklesSoft ice cream, then sparkles. Wiktionary: small candy or sugar pieces, called hundreds and thousands in the UK and Ireland. No emoji is named for them, so sparkles stand in.