Egg 🥚

Usage snapshot:

• Used in content written with the Common script; suitable for UI labels and body text.
• Appears in the Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs.

History & usage: EGG depicts an egg. The name contains no HARD SIGN, SOFT SIGN, or other functional tokens, and there are no shape qualifiers in the token. The single lexical unit signals a pictographic idea rather than a phonemic cluster, a common pattern for simple emoji entries. In practice, the symbol earns use in study of modern iconography and in printed and digital references where pictographs are cataloged. Two to three contexts: In dictionaries and grammars that annotate emoji entries, as a case example of elementary pictographs in the Common script and the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block. In scholarly editions and archival transcription, where such symbols mark everyday objects and foods. In typographic revivals and specimen books to illustrate a pictorial style distinct from logograms. If cultural_capsule exists you'd include sentence, but it is null here. Cross-platform appearance can vary; provide accessible text alternatives and adequate contrast for readability.

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