🫔 Tamale Emoji Meanings — Instant Copy and Paste

Tamale emoji is a new addition to the food emojis. It was introduced in 2021 as part of Unicode 14.0. Tamale is a traditional Mexican dish made of masa (a type of dough made from corn) that is filled with meat, cheese, or other ingredients, then wrapped in a corn husk and steamed. The tamale emoji depicts a tamale wrapped in a corn husk, with steam rising from the top.

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Tamale Emoji History

The tamale emoji was approved as part of Unicode 14.0 in 2021. It was added to Emoji 14.0 in the same year. The tamale emoji is part of the food and drink category, which includes other popular food emojis such as pizza, hamburger, and sushi.

Tamale Emoji General Information

Emoji NameTamale
Unicode Version14.0 (2021)
Emoji Version14.0 (2021)
CategoryFood & Drink
SubcategoryFood Prepared
Keywordscorn, husk, masa, Mexican, tamale

Unicode Category Information & Emoji Character Encoding Data

Unicode CategoryEmoji Character Encoding Data
Unicode Category NameSo (Symbol, Other)
Unicode RangeU+1F9A4
UTF-8 EncodingF0 9F ab a4
UTF-16 EncodingD83E DDE4
UTF-32 Encoding0001F9A4
HTML Entity (Decimal)🤤
HTML Entity (Hexadecimal)
URL Escape Code%F0%9F%AA%A4

Technical Information

CodepointsU+1F9A4
Unicode NameTamale
Apple NameTamale
Also Known AsCorn Husk Wrapped Tamale
Shortcodes:tamale:
Relevant Emojis🌽, 🍴, 🍽️, 🌮, 🌯, 🥙, 🫕

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The tamale emoji is a new addition to the food emojis, introduced in 2021 as part of Unicode 14.0. It depicts a tamale wrapped in a corn husk, with steam rising from the top. The tamale emoji is part of the food and drink category and can be used to represent Mexican cuisine or to express hunger or craving for tamales.

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