What 🫕 means
It points to fondue, sometimes as an invitation. In a conversation about plans, the fondue pot can suggest eating together; beside a meal photo, it can simply name the dish.
If you're arranging dinner, spell out the recipe or use a food pairing below. A cheese dip and a chocolate dessert call for different appetites.
Cozy and food-first; it fits a casual meal invitation better than a formal sign-off.
Combination ideas
3Cheese fondue.
Chocolate fondue for dessert.
Fondue with bread for dipping.
Worth knowing
- 🫕 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Why does 🫕 look different on other phones?
Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point. The character you send is identical; Apple, Google, Samsung and WhatsApp each render it in their own style.
How to type 🫕
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “fondue”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “fondue”.
Chat apps
:fondue:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
🫕Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🫕
HTML hex
🫕
CSS content
content: "\1FAD5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%AB%95
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.