Tamale

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About the 🫔 Tamale emoji

The 🫔 Tamale emoji is part of the Food & Drink category and the food prepared group on DBEmoji. Shortcodes such as :tamale:, :mexican:, and :wrapped: resolve to this emoji on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.

Tamale (Unicode codepoint U+1FAD4) food & Drink entry: Tamale.. Tamale (🫔) is part of the Food & Drink family and renders consistently across modern emoji platforms. 🫔 slots into recipe posts, restaurant reviews, grocery hauls, and cravings DMs. 🫔 occupies codepoint U+1FAD4 in the Unicode emoji block. Coverage started with Unicode 13.0; iOS adopted the glyph in 14.0. Typing `:tamale:` or `:mexican:` or `:wrapped:` 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, mexican, tamale, and wrapped emojis. Tap 🫔 above and the character lands on your clipboard, ready to paste into any Unicode-aware app.

When to use 🫔 Tamale

• 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, mexican-themed, and tamale-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 🫔 Tamale emoji

1. 1Open the emoji page. Visit the Tamale emoji page on DBEmoji to see the character, codepoint, and meaning side by side.
2. 2Tap Copy emoji. Click the "Copy emoji" button. The 🫔 character is placed on your clipboard instantly — no signup, no download.
3. 3Paste 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 🫔 Tamale emoji mean?

Tamale (🫔) is part of the Food & Drink family and renders consistently across modern emoji platforms. 🫔 slots into recipe posts, restaurant reviews, grocery hauls, and cravings DMs. 🫔 occupies codepoint U+1FAD4 in the Unicode emoji block. Coverage started with Unicode 13.0; iOS adopted the glyph in 14.0. Typing `:tamale:` or `:mexican:` or `:wrapped:` 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, mexican, tamale, and wrapped emojis. Tap 🫔 above and the character lands on your clipboard, ready to paste into any Unicode-aware app.

What is the Unicode codepoint for Tamale?

The 🫔 Tamale emoji is encoded as U+1FAD4 (hex 1FAD4). 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 Tamale have shortcodes?

Yes. Common shortcodes include :tamale:, :mexican:, and :wrapped:. Platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub render these as the 🫔 emoji automatically.