Emoji Chart
🍱U+1F371

Bento box emoji

Drawn as a Japanese bento box, a lunch box divided into compartments holding rice, fish, vegetables and other small portions. It stands for packed lunches and Japanese takeout, and is used for neat, balanced meals and Japanese food culture.

Unicode name
bento box
Category
Food & drink, Asian food
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F371
Shortcode
:bento:
Keywords
bento, box, food

How it looks

🍱
Your device
Bento box emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Bento box emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Bento box emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🍱

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “bento box”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “bento box”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “bento box”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “bento box”.
GitHub
Type :bento: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolcaja de bentobento, caja, caja de bento, comida, restaurante
Françaisboîte déjeunerbento, boîte, déjeuner, nourriture
DeutschBento-BoxBento, Bento-Box, Japanisches essen, Sushi
Italianobento boxbento box, lunch box, monoporzione, piatto pronto, ristorante
Portuguêsbentôalmoço japonês, bentô, caixa, caixa de bentô, restaurante
Nederlandsbentoboxbento, box, voedsel
Svenskabentolådabento, bentolåda, låda
Polskipudełko bentobento, jedzenie, pudełko, ryż
Türkçebentobento, bento paketi, gıda, paket, restoran, sushi, yemek
Русскийбэнтобенто, бизнес ланч, бэнто, коробка с суши и рисом, обед
Українськаобід у коробцібенто, їжа, набір суші, обід у коробці, суші, упаковка
Ελληνικάκουτί φαγητούκουτί, κουτί φαγητού, φαγητό
العربيةعلبة طعامأكل, بنتو, سوشي, طعام, علبة طعام, مطعم, ياباني
עבריתחמגשית עם אוכלאוכל, בנטו, חמגשית, חמגשית עם אוכל, סושי, קופסה
فارسیجعبه بنتوبنتو, جعبه, ژاپنی, غذا
हिन्दीबैंटो, बैंटो बॉक्सखाना, बैंटो, बैंटो, बैंटो बॉक्स, बॉक्स, भोजन, रेस्टोरेंट
বাংলাবেন্তো বাক্সখাদ্য ও পানীয়, খাবার, বাক্স, বেন্টো, বেন্তো বাক্স
Bahasa Indonesiakotak bentobento, kotak, makanan, nasi kotak
Tiếng Việthộp cơm bentocơm bento, hộp, hộp cơm bento
ไทยกล่องเบนโตะกล่องข้าว, เบนโตะ, สำรับ, อาหาร
日本語弁当幕の内, 弁当, 弁当箱, 駅弁
한국어도시락도시락, 밥, 벤또, 상자, 식품, 음식
中文(简体)盒饭便当, 便当盒, 盒饭, 食物
中文(繁體)便當便當, 餐盒
Names in 98 more languages
Afrikaansbentoboks
Akanbɛnto adaka
Albaniankuti bento
Amharicቤንቶ ቦክስ
Aniiʊjɩʊ ʊtogoka
Armenianբենտո արկղ
Assameseবেণ্টু বক্স
Azerbaijanibentu qutusu
Bashkirбенто йәшниге
Basquebento kutxa
Belarusianбэнто
Bosnianbento kutija
Bretonbento
Bulgarianкутия за бенто
Burmeseဘင်တို ဘူး
Canadian Frenchboîte à bento
Cantonese便當
Cantonese (Simplified)便当
Catalancaixa de bento
CherokeeᏣᏱᏂᏏ ᎤᎵᏍᏓᏰᏗ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)飯盒
Chuvashбенто
Croatianbento kutija
Czechkrabička bentó
Danishbento
Estonianbento einekarp
European Portuguesecaixa de refeições
Faroesebento matpakki
Filipinobento box
Finnishbento-rasia
Galiciancaixa de bento
Georgianბენტო
Gujaratiબેન્ટો બોક્સ
Hausaakwatin bento
Hungarianjapán ételdoboz
Icelandicbento-box
Igboefere ntinye nri
Irishbosca bento
Javanesesakothak bento
Kalaallisutbento
Kannadaಬೆಂಟೊ ಬಾಕ್ಸ್
Kazakhбэнто
Kazakh (Arabic)بەنتو
Khmerប្រអប់ដាក់បាយនិងម្ហូប
Kinyarwandaagakarito k’isahani
Konkaniबँटो बॉक्स
Kyrgyzбенто кутусу
KʼicheʼKajxukut rech Riki’l
Laoເບັນໂຕະ
Latvianbento kastīte
Lithuanianbento dėžutė
Lower Sorbianbento tejza
LuxembourgishBento-Box
Macedonianјапонска храна за носење
Malaykotak bento
Malayalamബെന്റോ ബോക്‌സ്
Maltesebento box
Marathiबेंटो बॉक्स
Mongolianөдрийн хоол
Māoripouaka peneto
Nepaliबेन्टो बक्स
Nigerian PidginBẹ́nto Bọks
Northern Sotholepokisana la bento
Norwegianbento-boks
Odiaବେଣ୍ଟୋ ବକ୍ସ
Oromosanduuqa beentoo
Pashtoد بکس خوړو ډوډۍ
Punjabiਬੇਂਟੋ ਬਾਕਸ
Punjabi (Arabic)بینٹو دا ڈبہ
Quechuabento tawakʼuchu
Romanianmâncare japoneză la pachet
Romanshboxa per la marenda
Scottish Gaelicbogsa bento
Serbianкутија са ручком
Serbian (Latin)kutija sa ručkom
Shanၵွၵ်းပႅၼ်ႇတူဝ်ႇ
Sindhiکاڌي جو ڏٻو
Sinhalaබෙන්ටෝ පෙට්ටිය
Slovakkrabička na jedlo
Slovenianposoda za malico bento
Somalisanduuq qado
Swahiliboksi ya kuweka chakula
Tajikқуттии бенто
Tamilபென்டோ பாக்ஸ்
Teluguబెంటో పెట్టె
Tigrinyaቤንቶ ሳንዱቕ
Tonganpuha meʻakai fakasiapani
Tswanalebokoso la bento
Turkmenbento gutusy
Upper Sorbianbento-tyzka
Urduبنٹو باکس
Uyghurئەپلىك ئاش
Uzbekxonachali taom qutisi
Welshbocs bento
Wolofboyetu bento
Xhosaibhokisi ye-bento
YorubaApoti Bento
Zuluibento bhoksi

Codes

Code points
U+1F371
HTML
🍱
CSS
\1F371
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F371}
Python
\U0001F371
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 8D B1
UTF-16
D83C DF71
URL encoded
%F0%9F%8D%B1

Questions

What does the 🍱 bento box emoji mean?

Drawn as a Japanese bento box, a lunch box divided into compartments holding rice, fish, vegetables and other small portions. It stands for packed lunches and Japanese takeout, and is used for neat, balanced meals and Japanese food culture.

How do I type the 🍱 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “bento box”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bento:.

When was the 🍱 emoji added?

🍱 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🍱?

U+1F371. In HTML you can write 🍱, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F371}.

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