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Sandwich emoji 🥪

🥪 is the sandwich: two slices of bread with lettuce, tomato and cheese. It is the lunch emoji — packed lunches, deli subs, toasties, “sandwich generation” jokes — and…

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What the sandwich 🥪 emoji means

🥪 is the sandwich: two slices of bread with lettuce, tomato and cheese. It is the lunch emoji — packed lunches, deli subs, toasties, “sandwich generation” jokes — and it stands for anything squeezed between two things. Added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Bread set: 🍞 bread, 🥖 baguette; fillings 🧀 cheese, 🥬 leafy green; lunchbox 🍱.

Unicode name: sandwich · U+1F96A · Emoji 5.0 (2017) · group: Food & Drink.

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How people use it

  • Lunch: packed lunches, delis
  • Sandwiched: stuck between two things
  • Picnics: with 🧺
  • Budgeting: meal prep

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
sandwichU+1F96ASandwich
breadU+1F35EBread
baguette breadU+1F956Baguette
cheese wedgeU+1F9C0Cheese
bento boxU+1F371Lunchbox

Questions people ask

What does 🥪 mean?

A sandwich — lunch, or being sandwiched between things.

When was 🥪 added?

2017, Emoji 5.0.

Is there a lunch emoji?

🥪 sandwich and 🍱 bento are the usual choices.

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.

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