Behold the digital drive-thru classic: the hamburger emoji, a shorthand for hunger pangs, lunch plans, and shameless cheat-day energy. It pops up in texts that read like stomach growls—“I’m starving,” “burger run?”—and slides into late-night chats as a subtle SOS for fries and a soda on the side. People pair it with 🍟, 🥤, or 🔥 to signal cookouts, tailgates, or grill-master bragging rights, and it doubles as a playful invite: “Burgers on me?” Also works ironically for “that problem is a nothingburger,” or when dunking on overhyped drama online.
Definition
A hamburger is a sandwiched made with a patty of cooked ground beef and served between two buns. A misnomer in that it is not made from "ham" but rather beef. Hamburgers are sometimes served with cheese, which makes it a cheeseburger, such as the Apple version of this emoji. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, tomato, onion and ketchup, but a gourmet burger may include pepper bacon, blue cheese, grilled onions, sautéed mushrooms, and other more sophisticated toppings. An American favorite food. Used to mean fast food.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
177 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
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Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:hamburger:
Keywords
Hamburger, Burger, Meat, Cow, Beef
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Editorial Comment
A perfect looking cheeseburger with a nice round bun.