# 🫔 Tamale emoji

🫔 Tamale is an emoji in the prepared food set of Food & drink. It was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. Related words: food, mexican, pamonha and wrapped.

- Emoji: 🫔
- Unicode name: tamale
- Code points: U+1FAD4
- Category: Food & drink, Prepared food
- Added: Emoji 13.0 (2020)
- GitHub shortcode: :tamale:
- Keywords: food, mexican, pamonha, tamale, wrapped
- Page: https://emojichart.com/tamale-emoji

## What it means

A parcel of steamed corn dough with a savory or sweet filling, wrapped in a corn husk. It stands for this traditional dish of Mexico and Latin America, and is used for family gatherings, holiday meals and homemade cooking, especially around Christmas.

## How to type 🫔

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | tamal | mejicano, mexicano, tamal, wrap |
| Français (fr) | tamal | mexicain, nourriture, pamonha, papillote, tamal |
| Deutsch (de) | Tamale | Burrito, eingewickelt, Essen, Lebensmittel, mexikanisch, Streetfood, Tamale, Wrap |
| Italiano (it) | tamale | cibo, involtino, messicano, pamonha, tamale |
| Português (pt) | tamale | alimento, comida, enrolado, mexicano, milho, pamonha, tamale |
| Nederlands (nl) | tamale | eten, Mexicaans, pamonha, tamale, verpakt |
| Svenska (sv) | tamale | mexikanskt, tamale, wrap |
| Polski (pl) | tamales | danie, jedzenie, meksykańskie, pamonha, przekąska, tamales, zawijane |
| Türkçe (tr) | tamale | dürüm, Meksika yemeği, tamale, yemek, yiyecek |
| Русский (ru) | тамале | еда, завернутый, мексиканский, памонья, тамал, тамале |
| Українська (uk) | тамале | завиванець, їжа, мексика, мексиканська страва, памонья, рол, тамале, тісто |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ταμάλες | μεξικάνικη πίτα, μεξικάνικο, Μεξικό, ταμάλες, τυλιχτό, φαγητό |
| العربية (ar) | تامال | تامال, جائع, ساندوتش, شطيرة, شهي, طعام, لذيذ, مكسيك, ملفوف, وجبة |
| עברית (he) | טמלה | אוכל, טמלה, מקסיקני, ראפ |
| فارسی (fa) | تامال | پانونها, تامال, غذا, لقمه, مکزیکی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | टमाले | खाना, टमाले, डिश, फ़ूड, मैक्सिकन, रेसिपी, रैप किया हुआ, रैप फ़ूड, रोल, वेज रोल |
| বাংলা (bn) | তামালে | খাদ্য, খাবার, টুমালি, তামালে, পামোনহা, মেক্সিকান, মেক্সিকান র‍্যাপ, রোল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tamale | dibungkus, makanan, meksiko, pamonha, tamale |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bánh tamale | bánh tamale, cuốn, Mexico, pamonha, thực phẩm |
| ไทย (th) | ทามาเล่ | ทามาเล่, ปาโมญา, เม็กซิโก, ห่อหุ้ม, อาหาร |
| 日本語 (ja) | タマル | タマル, タマレス, ちまき, パモーニャ, メキシカン, 食べ物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 타말레 | 감싼, 멕시칸, 빠몽야, 음식, 타말레 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 墨西哥粽子 | 巴西粽, 粽子, 食物, 墨西哥, 墨西哥粽子, 墨西哥饼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 玉米粉蒸肉 | 捲餅, 玉米粉蒸肉, 食物, 墨西哥, 墨西哥粽 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): tamale
- Akan (ak): tamale
- Albanian (sq): tamale
- Amharic (am): ታማሌ
- Anii (blo): tamale
- Armenian (hy): տամալե
- Assamese (as): টমালে
- Azerbaijani (az): tamal
- Bashkir (ba): тамале
- Basque (eu): tamal
- Belarusian (be): тамале
- Bosnian (bs): tamale
- Breton (br): tamal
- Bulgarian (bg): тамалес
- Burmese (my): တာမာလီ
- Cantonese (yue): 墨西哥粽
- Catalan (ca): tamal
- Cherokee (chr): ᏔᎹᎴ
- Chuvash (cv): тамале
- Croatian (hr): tamal
- Czech (cs): tamale
- Danish (da): tamales
- Estonian (et): tamale
- Faroese (fo): tamales
- Filipino (fil): tamale
- Finnish (fi): tamal
- Galician (gl): tamal
- Georgian (ka): ტამალე
- Gujarati (gu): તમાલે
- Hausa (ha): biredin tamale
- Hungarian (hu): tamale
- Icelandic (is): tamale
- Igbo (ig): tamale
- Irish (ga): tamale
- Javanese (jv): tamale
- Kannada (kn): ತಮಾಲೆ
- Kazakh (kk): тамал
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تامال
- Khmer (km): តាម៉ាឡេ
- Konkani (kok): टमाले
- Kyrgyz (ky): тамале
- Lao (lo): ພັບ
- Latvian (lv): tamale
- Lithuanian (lt): vyniotinis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tamale
- Macedonian (mk): тамале
- Malay (ms): tamale
- Malayalam (ml): ടാമേൽ
- Marathi (mr): तमाले
- Mongolian (mn): тамале
- Nepali (ne): टिमाली
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Tamálẹ
- Norwegian (no): tamal
- Odia (or): ଟମାଲେ
- Oromo (om): taamaalee
- Pashto (ps): تمالا
- Punjabi (pa): ਤਮਾਲ
- Quechua (qu): tamal
- Romanian (ro): tamale
- Romansh (rm): tamale
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): tamale
- Serbian (sr): тамале
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): tamale
- Shan (shn): တမ်ႇမႃႇလႄႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ٽيميل
- Sinhala (si): තමලේ
- Slovak (sk): tamal
- Slovenian (sl): tamale
- Somali (so): unno maksikaan
- Swahili (sw): tamale
- Tamil (ta): தமாலே
- Telugu (te): తమాలే
- Tigrinya (ti): ታማል
- Tongan (to): mā pulupulu
- Turkmen (tk): tamale
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tamale
- Urdu (ur): ٹمالے
- Uzbek (uz): tamale
- Welsh (cy): tamale
- Yoruba (yo): tamalé
- Zulu (zu): i-tamale

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FAD4` |
| HTML | `🫔` |
| CSS | `\1FAD4` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FAD4}` |
| Python | `\U0001FAD4` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AB 94` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DED4` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AB%94` |

## Questions

### What does the 🫔 tamale emoji mean?

A parcel of steamed corn dough with a savory or sweet filling, wrapped in a corn husk. It stands for this traditional dish of Mexico and Latin America, and is used for family gatherings, holiday meals and homemade cooking, especially around Christmas.

### How do I type the 🫔 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “tamale”. 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 :tamale:.

### When was the 🫔 emoji added?

🫔 was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🫔?

U+1FAD4. In HTML you can write 🫔, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FAD4}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/tamale-emoji