Chinese writes papaya as ζ¨η, tree and melon, and CLDR files π₯ Mango under tropical. So the papaya emoji here is Mango with π Melon. The combo Papaya, cut open swaps in the orange flesh and a black seed.
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Papaya emoji copy and paste: mango, melon and seeds
CLDR, the list of search words behind an emoji keyboard, has no entry for papaya or pawpaw. Tropical finds seven emoji there, π₯, π and π΄ among them, and cantaloupe finds π alone. Seed finds nothing, so β« Black circle stands in: by Wikipedia many black seeds line the hollow of the fruit.
Pawpaw, papaya and a very large berry
English took the word from Spanish, and Spanish from Arawak papΓ‘ia, by Wiktionary. To a botanist the fruit is a large berry, by Wikipedia, ripe once it gives like a ripe avocado. Papaya is a color as well: Wiktionaryβs panel shows the orange F7A100.
Green papaya is the unripe fruit. In Thailand it goes into the spicy salad som tam, by Wikipedia.
Questions and answers
Is there a papaya emoji?
Not by that name. Unicodeβs emoji list, version 18.0, has no emoji named papaya, and no search word leads to one. π₯π, Mango then Melon, stands in for it.
Is there a papaya emoticon?
Wikipediaβs list of emoticons has none, so this one is this page's own. Typed, (::::) is half a papaya with its seeds showing.
Is pawpaw the same as papaya?
In Australia, yes: pawpaw is the papaya there, by Wiktionary. In the United States pawpaw and papaw name another fruit, one that Wikipedia calls unrelated to the papaya.
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Closest emoji 12
π₯AvocadoU+1F951. A ripe papaya gives like a ripe avocado, or more, by Wikipedia. Filed under fruit. Emoji 3.0.
β«Black circleU+26AB. For the seeds. Many black ones line the hollow in the middle of the fruit, by Wikipedia. CLDR has no entry for seed. Emoji 0.6.
π«BlueberriesU+1FAD0. Filed under berry. A papaya is a berry as well, a large one, by Wikipedia. Emoji 13.0.
π²π½Flag of MexicoU+1F1F2 U+1F1FD. Papaya was first domesticated in what is now southern Mexico and Central America, by Wikipedia. Emoji 2.0.
π₯Green saladU+1F957. Filed under salad. Unripe green papaya goes into a spicy salad, som tam in Thailand, by Wikipedia. Emoji 3.0.
π₯MangoU+1F96D. Filed under tropical and fruit. Papaya grows where the climate is tropical, by Wikipedia. Emoji 11.0.
πMelonU+1F348. The only emoji filed under cantaloupe. Chinese writes papaya as ζ¨η, tree and melon in the Unihan database. Emoji 0.6.
π Orange circleU+1F7E0. Papaya is a color too: an orange like the inside of the fruit, as Wiktionary has it. Filed under orange. Emoji 12.0.
π΄Palm treeU+1F334. Filed under tropical. The papaya plant has one stem with all its leaves at the top, by Wikipedia. Emoji 0.6.
π₯πPapayaMango, then melon.
πPineappleU+1F34D. Filed under tropical and fruit. Emoji 0.6.
πTangerineU+1F34A. One of seven emoji filed under orange. On this page for its color alone. Emoji 0.6.
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Typed papayas 5
( ) ::::One half with the seeds scooped out
(::::)Half a papaya in six keys. The dots are the seeds
(::::) (::::)Both halves, side by side
π β«β«β«π A cut papaya in circles: orange flesh, black seeds
#F7A100The color papaya as a hex code, from Wiktionaryβs color panel
Papaya drawing 1
Half a papaya, drawnSeven lines of ASCII: the cut fruit with its seeds in the hollow. Needs monospaced text
Papaya words 5
ζ¨ηChinese for papaya, and for the Chinese quince as well, by Wiktionary. Tree and melon in the Unihan database
Carica papayaThe species. Its genus has three accepted species, by Wikipedia
papΓ‘iaThe Arawak word behind papaya, which English took from Spanish, by Wiktionary. In English since about 1600, by Wikipedia
pawpawWhat Australia calls a papaya, by Wiktionary. In the United States the name belongs to a different fruit, by Wikipedia
som tamThe Thai name of the spicy green papaya salad, by Wikipedia
Papaya lines 7
green papaya, shredded, extra chili πΆοΈFor the salad
it is a berry. a very large berryFrom the botany
π₯π no papaya emoji, so: mango, melonFor the reply
orange inside, black seeds, zero notesA caption
papaya for breakfast π A caption
pawpaw or papaya? depends where you askFor the argument
ripe when it gives like an avocado π₯A caption
Papaya combos 13
π₯ππ«A very large berryMango, then melon, then blueberries.
π²π½π₯πFrom southern MexicoFlag: Mexico, then mango, then melon.
π’π₯π₯πΆοΈGreen papaya saladGreen circle, then mango, then green salad, then hot pepper.
π π₯πPapaya for breakfastSunrise, then mango, then melon.
π₯ππ§Papaya juiceMango, then melon, then beverage box.
π₯β«β«β«Papaya seedsSpoon, then black circle, three times.
π₯ππ₯€Papaya smoothieMango, then melon, then cup with straw.
π΄π₯πPapaya treePalm tree, then mango, then melon.
ππ β«Papaya, cut openMelon, then orange circle, then black circle.
π¦πΊπ₯πPawpaw, in AustraliaFlag: Australia, then mango, then melon.
π₯ππ₯Ripe as an avocadoMango, then melon, then avocado.
π³πTree melonDeciduous tree, then melon.
π₯ππTropical fruit plateMango, then pineapple, then banana.
How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-12 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Unicode has no emoji named papaya: no emoji name, no CLDR search word and no character name in UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), holds papaya, pawpaw or papaw. Mango is U+1F96D, Emoji 11.0, with the search words food, fruit, mango and tropical; Melon is U+1F348, with cantaloupe, fruit and melon. CLDR files tropical under seven emoji (Flamingo, Tropical fish, Palm tree, Lime, Pineapple, Mango, Tropical drink), cantaloupe under Melon alone, berry under Strawberry and Blueberries, orange under seven and ripe under Red apple alone; seed, seeds and smoothie lead to no emoji. Unihan 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip) defines ζ¨ as tree; wood, lumber; wooden and η as melon, gourd, cucumber. That the papaya is one of three accepted species of the genus Carica, was first domesticated in what is now southern Mexico and Central America, is grown in tropical climates, that the word comes from Arawakan languages of the West Indies and has been used in English since about 1600, that papaw and pawpaw name a different, unrelated fruit in the United States, that the plant usually has a single stem with its leaves at the top, that the fruit is a large berry, ripe when it is soft like a ripe avocado, or softer with amber to orange skin, with many black seeds along the walls of its central cavity, and that unripe green papaya makes the spicy salad called som tam in Thailand are from Wikipedia, Papaya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya, CC BY-SA 4.0). From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0): papaya (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/papaya) for the color sense and its hex code F7A100, the borrowing from Spanish and the Arawak word papΓ‘ia; pawpaw (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pawpaw) for the Australian sense; ζ¨η for papaya and Chinese quince; som tam. Wikipediaβs List of emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons) holds no papaya. The typed papayas, the drawing, the caption lines and the combos are this siteβs own work. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the typed lines, the drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data and Unihan data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.