Food & Drink · Emoji 5.0
🥪Sandwich Emoji
Generally, the sandwich emoji just represents a sandwich. It’s a straightforward way to talk about food.
The sandwich emoji (🥪) simply shows a sandwich.
- Unicode
- U+1F96A
- Released
- 2017
- Shortcode
- :sandwich:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🥪 Sandwich emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
Sandwich emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F96A — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your sandwich looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Sandwich emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :sandwich:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F96A.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🥪 Sandwich emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Sandwich emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Sandwich emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around sandwich for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with 🥪, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
08 — In conversation
What 🥪 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
09 — Around the world
What 🥪 means in other countries
Reads as a neutral, everyday meal signal almost everywhere — it just means “eating” or “lunch,” nothing more layered than that.
Shorthand for a quick, informal meal or a “let’s grab lunch” invite.
Fine for scheduling a lunch meeting, but too breezy to use with clients or in formal threads.
Before you send it: Use it freely for lunch logistics; it carries no cultural baggage worth worrying about.
10 — Apps
What 🥪 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
12 — Difference
🥪 vs 🇬🇸 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Sandwich
Code: U+1F96A · added 2017
Shortcode: :sandwich:
Generally, the sandwich emoji just represents a sandwich.
Unicode name: Flag: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
Code: U+1F1EC U+1F1F8 · added 2015
Shortcode: :flag-gs:
Basically, it’s just a way to represent the islands themselves.
13 — History
Where the 🥪 Sandwich emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 5.0, the sandwich has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 9.
Same character every time — U+1F96A never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Sandwich was approved as U+1F96A and shipped in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🥪 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
14 — FAQ