Steaming Bowl Emoji
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🍜🍜:steaming-bowl:%F0%9F%8D%9C\1F35CWhat does the Steaming Bowl emoji mean?
The Steaming Bowl emoji (🍜) depicts a steaming bowl and belongs to the Food & Drink category of the Unicode emoji standard. It is a widely recognised symbol that works across modern devices and platforms. Unicode maps this character to U+1F35C and it first shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). The code point ensures the same underlying meaning even though visual art varies by vendor. Food emojis are shorthand for meals, cravings, recipes, and restaurant culture. This one appears in delivery orders, menu photos, recipe notes, and casual “what are we eating?” chats where a picture replaces a word. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of steaming bowl stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🍜), as an HTML entity (🍜), or as a shortcode (:steaming-bowl:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for steaming bowl — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Steaming Bowl emoji
- In chat: Drop 🍜 into a sentence where you would normally write “steaming bowl” to add tone and visual interest.
- On social media: Pair 🍜 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
- In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🍜 or shortcode :steaming-bowl: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Unicode code point | U+1F35C |
| Introduced in | Emoji 1.0 (2015) |
| Shortcode | :steaming-bowl: |
| HTML entity | 🍜 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays steaming bowl everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Steaming Bowl mean?
The Steaming Bowl emoji (🍜) depicts a steaming bowl and belongs to the Food & Drink category of the Unicode emoji standard. It is a widely recognised symbol that works across modern devices and platf...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1F35C, introduced in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Official name: "Steaming Bowl".
How do I copy the Steaming Bowl emoji?
Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.
Is the Steaming Bowl emoji free to use?
Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.
How is Steaming Bowl used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for steaming bowl in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.
Does it look the same on every device?
Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🍜 with their own style, colour, and shading.