Butter
Butter — Food & Drink emoji.
butter
Food & Drink
Food Prepared
U+1F9C8
1F9C8
v12.0
v13.0+
butter-1f9c8
Shortcodes
:butter::dairy:Themes
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About the 🧈 Butter emoji
The 🧈 Butter emoji is part of the Food & Drink category and the food prepared group on DBEmoji. Shortcodes such as :butter: and :dairy: resolve to this emoji on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
Butter (Unicode codepoint U+1F9C8) butter — Food & Drink emoji.. The 🧈 butter glyph belongs to Food & Drink, specifically the Food Prepared cluster. Food emojis are punchy in marketing copy — 🧈 can stand in for an entire menu item in one glyph. 🧈 occupies codepoint U+1F9C8 in the Unicode emoji block. Coverage started with Unicode 12.0; iOS adopted the glyph in 13.0. Typing `:butter:` or `:dairy:` in chat apps usually expands to 🧈. The glyph renders mostly in yellow, which puts it inside the matching color filter. Tag-wise it sits alongside food, butter, and dairy emojis. Hit copy and 🧈 is yours; paste it anywhere text input is allowed.
When to use 🧈 Butter
- Plating up restaurant photos, recipes, and grocery hauls
- Captioning meal plans, food deliveries, and lunch updates
- Pairing with drink emojis for cafe and dinner content
- Adding visual context to social posts, chats, and captions
Combinations and pairings
- Pair 🧈 with food-themed, butter-themed, and dairy-themed emojis to reinforce the same vibe in one message.
- Lead a caption with 🧈 for a quick visual hook, or close a sentence with it as a reaction.
How to copy the 🧈 Butter emoji
- Open the emoji page. Visit the Butter emoji page on DBEmoji to see the character, codepoint, and meaning side by side.
- Tap Copy emoji. Click the "Copy emoji" button. The 🧈 character is placed on your clipboard instantly — no signup, no download.
- Paste anywhere. Paste into any chat app, social network, document, or text field that supports Unicode. The emoji renders using the platform's native style.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the 🧈 Butter emoji mean?
- The 🧈 butter glyph belongs to Food & Drink, specifically the Food Prepared cluster. Food emojis are punchy in marketing copy — 🧈 can stand in for an entire menu item in one glyph. 🧈 occupies codepoint U+1F9C8 in the Unicode emoji block. Coverage started with Unicode 12.0; iOS adopted the glyph in 13.0. Typing `:butter:` or `:dairy:` in chat apps usually expands to 🧈. The glyph renders mostly in yellow, which puts it inside the matching color filter. Tag-wise it sits alongside food, butter, and dairy emojis. Hit copy and 🧈 is yours; paste it anywhere text input is allowed.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for Butter?
- The 🧈 Butter emoji is encoded as U+1F9C8 (hex 1F9C8). It belongs to the Food Prepared group inside Food & Drink.
- How do I copy the 🧈 emoji?
- Open this page and click "Copy emoji". The 🧈 character is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it into any app that supports Unicode emojis.
- Does Butter have shortcodes?
- Yes. Common shortcodes include :butter: and :dairy:. Platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub render these as the 🧈 emoji automatically.
This emoji goes great with
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Meal table
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