The fish cake with swirl emoji is basically the internet’s narutomaki: that adorable ramen topper with a bubblegum-pink whirlpool in the middle. On Apple/iOS, it looks like a marshmallow-white slice with scalloped, flower-like edges and a candy-pink spiral, shown from a mostly top-down angle with soft shading that makes it feel slightly 3D—like a cute gear made of umami. It’s minimal, pastel, and instantly recognizable, the kind of icon that makes you hear chopsticks clink in your head. One glance and you can almost taste broth.
People drop this emoji to announce ramen cravings, post noodle-run selfies, or signal an anime-and-slurp night. It also moonlights as “swirl energy” punctuation—great for saying you’re dizzy from drama, hypnotized by a sale, or mentally spiraling (but make it cute). Used flirtatiously, it can mean “you’re a snack,” while in sarcastic mode it reads as “hmm, fishy… but aesthetic.” Culturally, it nods to narutomaki’s real-life name from the Naruto Strait’s famous whirlpools—and yes, meme lore often connects it to the Naruto anime, ramen fanaticism included. Pair it with a ramen bowl emoji for full foodie power, or spam it as a pastel vibe check. It’s the tiny edible logo for ramen life and swirlcore days.
Definition
A slice of fish cake (kamaboko), which is a Japanese processed seafood product. Not unlike a hot dog found in the United States but made of fish instead of beef or pork. The Apple version emoji is a specific type of fish cake, a Naruto fish cake, which is named after a tidal whirlpool found in the city of Naruto. A pink swirl is included after the whirlpool for which it was named.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
178 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:fish_cake:
Keywords
Fish, Cake, Kamboko, Swirl, Ramen, Noodles, Naruto
Previous Names:
Fish Cake with Swirl Design
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Foods
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Names & Annotations
FISH CAKE WITH SWIRL DESIGN Temporary Notes: topping for ramen noodles
Symbol Information
U+1F365 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-973
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#6 'Typhoon' 台風 U+E643 SJIS-F8A4 JIS-7522
KDDI
#275 なると 「naruto」 U+E4ED SJIS-F6C6 JIS-7648
Softbank
[なると]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - 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)
1f365
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F365
Decimal Code Point(s)
127845
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0xA5
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8D A5
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 215 245
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF65
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf65
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57189
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F365
UTF-32 Hex
01F365
UTF-32 Dec
127845
Python Src
u"\U0001F365"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8d\xa5"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF65"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
