What 🥡 means
Each platform draws its own carton. In 2026, Apple, Google, and Samsung show a red design resembling a traditional East Asian tower; WhatsApp uses a plainer box, and Facebook a circular motif. Some versions include chopsticks.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsBeside a restaurant name
Ordering or collecting food there
After mentioning an unfinished meal
Leftovers to take home
Reply to “What’s for dinner?”
A vote to skip cooking
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
2Suggested pairing: takeout with chopsticks
Suggested pairing: order in for a TV night
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 “takeout box”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “takeout box”.
Chat apps
:takeout_box:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
🥡Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🥡
HTML hex
🥡
CSS content
content: "\1F961";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A5%A1
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.