Bento box Emoji

Food

A dark red or black lacquered box partitioned into sections, filled with a traditional Japanese meal including rice, tempura, and fish. It looks exactly like the portable containers used to pack balanced lunches for school or work.

Usage Context

Used to talk about lunch plans, healthy eating, or Japanese cuisine in general. It frequently appears alongside 🍣 or 🍙 when discussing takeout or dining out. It is also a go-to for people sharing photos of their homemade meals.

History

Added in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, this emoji highlights the cultural shift toward mobile, portable dining. The bento box has a long history in Japan as a staple for travelers and commuters, and its inclusion in the emoji set helped standardize global recognition of this specific style of meal preparation.

Details

Glyph

🍱

Unicode

U+1F371

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f371:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF71;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Food

Subcategory food-asian

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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