The stuffed flatbread emoji is the internet’s pita pocket of joy—think gyro, shawarma, or falafel living its best life inside warm, fluffy bread. People drop it when they’re craving Mediterranean or Middle Eastern eats, plotting a late-night kebab run, or saying “I’m stuffed” after a heroic lunch. It also doubles as a punny mic drop—send 🥙 to say “wrap it up” in a chat, or to flirt with a “let’s grab shawarma” vibe. In meme land, it’s the cousin to the taco emoji, often used when you want the taco energy but with extra tzatziki and fewer arguments about authenticity.
On Apple/iOS, this emoji looks like a tan, lightly toasted pita pocket angled in three-quarter view, split open on top with bright fillings peeking out. You’ll spot leafy greens, juicy red tomato slices, maybe a hint of onion, and brown bites that read as falafel or shaved meat. The shading is soft and glossy with a tiny shadow, giving it that “fresh from the street cart” dimension. It’s instantly recognizable as a handheld, saucy situation you’d absolutely drip on your shirt.
Culturally, it nods to beloved street food from Athens to Amman to Berlin döner stands, and shows up in texts about iftar spreads, festival fuel, or post-gym protein wraps. Used sarcastically, it’s perfect for ending drawn-out debates—“it’s a wrap, folks.” Used dramatically, it says “I require carbs immediately.” And if someone texts you this at 1 a.m., you already know the plan: sauce, spice, and a pita-shaped alibi.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 531 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | ![]() |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
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| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🥙 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🥙 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🥙 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🥙 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f959 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F959 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129369 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA5 0x99 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A5 99 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 245 231 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD59 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd59 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56665 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F959 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F959 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129369 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F959" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa5\x99" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD59" |