Emoji Kitchen

Combine two emojis into a mashup using Google Emoji Kitchen. Pick emojis, see the combined result, and copy or download. Free, instant.

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How to Use

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Pick the first emoji
Browse or search the emoji grid and click on the first emoji you want to combine.
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Pick the second emoji
Select a second emoji to combine with the first. The tool will check if a mashup exists.
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View and download
If Google has rendered the combination, the resulting image appears. Download the PNG or copy the URL to share it.

About

Google Emoji Kitchen is a feature originally launched for Gboard on Android in 2020 that mashes up two emojis into a single, hand-drawn sticker. Each mashup is not algorithmically generated — Google's design team manually illustrates thousands of specific pairs, which is why some combinations exist and others don't.

Under the hood, the stickers are PNG files hosted on gstatic.com under a deterministic URL pattern that encodes both emoji codepoints and a version date (e.g. 20231113 for the November 2023 batch). This tool tries multiple date prefixes and both orderings to find the best match, then loads the image directly — no server-side processing, no API key, no rate limits.

The most productive mashups tend to come from emojis Google designed for each other: faces, hearts, animals, food, and seasonal icons. Technical symbols, flags, and newer emojis added after 2023 are less likely to have Kitchen coverage. If a combination doesn't exist, try a different pairing or swap in a visually similar emoji.

FAQ

What is Google Emoji Kitchen and how does it work?

Google Emoji Kitchen is a feature built into Gboard (Google's keyboard app) and Google Messages that allows users to combine two emoji into a creative mashup sticker. The combinations are hand-drawn by Google's design team and are not generated algorithmically — each supported pair is a manually crafted illustration. The stickers are served as static PNG image files from Google's CDN, addressed by URLs that encode the two source emoji codepoints. As of 2024, Google has released thousands of combinations covering a wide range of base emoji pairs, and continues adding new combinations periodically.

Are Emoji Kitchen mashups Unicode emoji?

No — Emoji Kitchen mashups are proprietary image assets created by Google, not Unicode characters. They do not have Unicode codepoints and are not part of any Unicode or Emoji specification. When shared in Google Messages or as stickers in supported apps, they are transmitted as images (PNG files), not as text characters. This means they cannot be embedded in plain text messages, stored as Unicode strings, or rendered by standard emoji fonts. They are best understood as a creative image format that uses emoji as inspiration, existing entirely outside the Unicode standard.

What determines which emoji combinations are available in Emoji Kitchen?

Google's Emoji Kitchen team manually selects and designs which combinations are available. Not every pair of emoji has a Kitchen combination — coverage depends on whether the Google design team has created artwork for that pair. Generally, emoticon-style face emoji have the widest combination coverage since the mashup concept (putting one face's features onto another's) generalizes easily. Object and animal emoji have more limited combinations. The complete list of supported pairs can be inferred from Google's CDN URL structure, and several community-maintained databases catalog the thousands of available combinations.

Can I use Emoji Kitchen images in commercial projects?

Emoji Kitchen sticker images are proprietary assets owned by Google. Google has allowed their use within Gboard and Google Messages, but their terms of service and intellectual property status for third-party or commercial use are not clearly defined under an open license. For commercial projects requiring consistent cross-platform emoji imagery, open-licensed alternatives like Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) or Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0) are safer choices. OpenMoji is another open-source emoji set released under CC BY-SA 4.0. If Emoji Kitchen images are required for a specific use case, reviewing Google's current terms and seeking legal guidance is recommended before commercial deployment.

How are Emoji Kitchen images accessed programmatically?

Emoji Kitchen images are served from Google's CDN at a predictable URL structure based on the Unicode codepoints of the two source emoji: `https://www.gstatic.com/android/keyboard/emojikitchen/{date}/{codepoint1}/{codepoint1}_{codepoint2}.png`. The codepoints are formatted as lowercase hex without the U+ prefix, and the date segment corresponds to the batch release date. Community projects have reverse-engineered this URL pattern and maintain open databases of valid combination URLs. Because these are public CDN assets and the URL pattern is not officially documented, availability and URL structure may change without notice.