🫔️ Tamale emoji
HTML
🫔
Unicode
U+1FAD4
What is 🫔️ called?
🫔️ is called the Tamale emoji.
Also known as corn-husk tamale or wrapped tamal. These terms reflect common wording, regional usage, or how the symbol looks; Unicode’s official name is tamale.
What does 🫔️ mean?
🫔 is officially named tamale. It represents this traditional Mexican dish, symbolizing Mexican heritage, holiday foods, traditional cooking, or cultural celebrations. This emoji is used in discussions about Mexican traditions, holiday meals, authentic cuisine, or expressing appreciation for traditional, culturally significant Mexican foods.
Use it for literal references to tamale and for Mexican heritage, holiday foods, traditional cooking, cultural celebrations, authentic cuisine, family traditions, cultural significance. “Tamal” is the Spanish singular; the wrapping is removed before eating and is not itself the filling. Related choices include 🌯 Burrito and 🥙 Stuffed flatbread.
Other meanings
It can mean Mexican heritage, holiday foods, traditional cooking, cultural celebrations, authentic cuisine, family traditions, cultural significance. Context determines whether the message is literal, culinary, cultural, regional, or humorous.
Example Usage
Holiday traditions 🫔 homemade tamales bring family together!
Today’s food notes include tamale 🫔
More details
Officially named tamale. Its code point is U+1FAD4. It was introduced in Emoji 13.0.
Visual description
Corn masa dough filled with meat or other ingredients, wrapped in corn husks, showing the traditional appearance of Mexican tamales.
“Tamal” is the Spanish singular; the wrapping is removed before eating and is not itself the filling. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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