🥙 Stuffed Flatbread

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🥙 Meaning

The 🥙 emoji depicts a pita bread filled with filling (usually meat), with lettuce leaves and other vegetables sticking out . It's one of the most popular street food emojis. Its main meanings are:

🥙 Street food and fast food: Symbolizes quick, filling food "on the go".

🥙 Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine: Associated with shawarma, gyros, doner kebab.

🥙 Hearty lunch/dinner: This is a complete meal in a convenient form.

🥙 International cuisine: Thanks to its popularity in many countries, it has become a universal symbol.

🥙 Convenience: Symbolizes food that can be eaten without utensils.

Usage

The emoji 🥙 is used in gastronomic and everyday contexts:

  1. Quick lunch: "I got shawarma for lunch—quick and filling! 🥙."
  2. Street food: "This kiosk makes the best shawarma in town 🥙."
  3. Food Description: "I love shawarma with chicken and fresh vegetables 🥙."
  4. Hunger: "I'm dying of hunger, I want shawarma! 🥙".
  5. Cultural context: "I tried real gyros in Greece 🥙."

How it appeared

The 🥙 emoji was added to Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of the expansion of food and drink-related emojis. Its introduction reflected the global popularity of this type of street food.

Interesting facts

  • Regional names: This dish is called differently in different countries: shawarma (Middle East), gyros (Greece), doner kebab (Turkey), shaverma (Israel).
  • Global phenomenon: This dish has become one of the most successful examples of the globalization of street food.
  • Variety of fillings: Can be with chicken, beef, lamb or vegetarian option.
  • Sauces: Often served with various sauces - garlic, tahini, hot.

Combining 🥙 with other emojis

🥙 creates delicious street food combinations:

  • Street food: 🥙 🌭 🍔 🍟

    • Example: "Lunch on the go: shawarma and cola 🥙🥤"

  • Middle Eastern Cuisine: 🥙 🧆 🍆 🥒

  • Fast food: 🥙 🏪 🚶 💨

  • Hearty food: 🥙 💪 🍗 🥬

🥙 for website promotion

The 🥙 emoji is a versatile tool for street food brands:

  1. Street food kiosks and restaurants.
  2. Food delivery services.
  3. Food blogs and culinary websites.
  4. Street food tourist guides.
  5. Student communities (as a symbol of inexpensive food).

🥙 is a street emoji. It symbolizes affordable, filling, and accessible food that unites different cultures. Its use makes the message more "folksy," appetizing, and informal.

Check 🥙 Stuffed Flatbread (🥙) emoji codes for devs:

Codepoints

U+1F959

Bytes (UTF-8)

F0 9F A5 99

HTML hex

🥙

HTML dec

🥙

URL escape code

%F0%9F%A5%99

Punycode

xn--vr9h

JavaScript, JSON, Java

\uD83E\uDD59

C, C++, Python

\U0001f959

CSS

\01F959

PHP, Ruby

\u{1F959}

Perl

\x{1F959}

Unicode Name

Stuffed Flatbread

Apple Name

Pita Sandwich

Also Known As

Doner Kebab
Gyro
Shawarma

Shortcodes

:stuffed_flatbread: (Emojipedia, GitHub, Slack, Discord)
:stuffed_pita: (Discord)

How emoji 🥙 looks on Apple Iphone, Android and other platforms

Apple
Save photos Shawarma emoji-smiley from Apple iOS no background in png
Emojidex
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Emojipedia Sample Images
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Facebook
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Google Noto Color
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Huawei
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Icons8
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JoyPixels
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LG
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Microsoft 3D Fluent
Download pics Shawarma symbol of the Microsoft set on a translucent background in PNG
Microsoft Teams 3D Animated
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Microsoft
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OpenMoji
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Samsung
Save pics Pita Shawarma smiley on Samsung phones and tablets on a clean background in PNG
Skype
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Sony Playstation
Upload image Pita Sandwich emotion на PlayStation without a background in PNG
Telegram
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Toss Face 토스페이스Twitter / X
Twitter / X
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Twitter Emoji Stickers
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WhatsApp
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