Cut of meat emoji 🥩 (steak emoji)
🥩 is the cut of meat: a raw steak marbled with fat. It is the steak emoji and the meat emoji — steak nights, barbecues, carnivore and keto diets, butchers — and “raw”…
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What the cut of meat 🥩 (steak) emoji means
🥩 is the cut of meat: a raw steak marbled with fat. It is the steak emoji and the meat emoji — steak nights, barbecues, carnivore and keto diets, butchers — and “raw” in the figurative sense. Added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). The cooked joint is 🍖 meat on bone, the drumstick 🍗 poultry leg, the rashers 🥓 bacon; the animal 🐄 cow.
Unicode name: cut of meat · U+1F969 · Emoji 5.0 (2017) · group: Food & Drink.
How people use it
- Steak and barbecue: dinners, grilling
- Diets: carnivore, keto, protein
- Butchers: meat trade
- Raw: figurative
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cut of meatU+1F969 | Raw steak | |
| meat on boneU+1F356 | Cooked joint | |
| poultry legU+1F357 | Chicken leg | |
| baconU+1F953 | Bacon | |
| cowU+1F404 | The source |
Questions people ask
What does 🥩 mean?
A steak or meat — dinner, barbecue, protein.
When was 🥩 added?
2017, Emoji 5.0.
What does 🥩 mean from a guy?
Steak night or gym protein.
Is there a beef emoji?
Yes — people call 🥩 cut of meat the beef emoji because it shows a raw steak. It can stand for steak dinners, burgers and red meat in general; there is no separate beef emoji.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
