The sandwich emoji is the internet’s portable lunch break—perfect for texting “I’m starving,” “grab a bite?” or humble-bragging about your elite deli order. It’s also a cozy stand-in for comfort, road-trip snacks, picnic plans, and that 3 p.m. hangry spiral. People drop it sarcastically when drama hits (“instead of tea, let’s get a sandwich”) or to celebrate a homemade masterpiece that absolutely slaps. When someone says they’re feeling “sandwiched” between deadlines or group chats, this little carb king shows up as visual backup.
On Apple devices, the sandwich is a tidy side-view stack: two pale-brown bread slices with golden crusts, curly bright-green lettuce spilling out, red tomato rounds, a folded bit of deli meat, and a corner of yellow cheese peeking like it’s posing for a food magazine. The layers are glossy and shaded in that iOS sheen, and the whole thing sits at a slight three-quarter angle—clean, symmetrical, and very lunchable. No face, no frills, just a classic deli vibe that reads instantly in your notifications.
Culturally, it nods to the Earl of Sandwich lore while thriving in modern meme life—yes, it pairs beautifully with the “What are you? An idiot sandwich” joke. It pops up in TikTok “sandwich of the day” reels, foodie reviews, and texts that use the “compliment sandwich” technique (nice–ouch–nice). Whether you call it a sarnie, butty, hoagie, sub, bocadillo, or just “my personality now,” this emoji covers flirty lunch invites, awkward potluck updates, and every snacky mood in between.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 476 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 | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 11 - 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) | 1f96a |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F96A |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129386 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA5 0xAA |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A5 AA |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 245 252 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD6A |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd6a |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56682 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F96A |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F96A |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129386 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F96A" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa5\xaa" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD6A" |
